Townsend v. Benya

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DENLOW, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On April 4, 2002, Chicago Fire Department paramedics requested police assis tance; a crowd of people had surrounded the ambulance and were rocking and threatening the vehicle. Defendants responded to the call and arrived on the scene. The subsequent events of the evening in question are contested by the parties.

Plaintiffs Diahries Townsend and Ra-manu Peterson (“Plaintiffs”) brought the instant law suit against Chicago Police Officers T. Beyna and G. Pehlke (“Defendants”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs…