Legal Opinion
Lee Thompson, Administrator of the Estate of James Thompson and Paulette White-Thompson v. City of Chicago and Officer Bradley Hespe
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 19, 2006No. 04-3177PublishedCited by 210 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
On December 5, 2000, James Thompson died following a struggle with police officers who were trying to handcuff him while taking him into custody after he led them on a high-speed automobile chase in an attempt to evade apprehension on the west side of Chicago, Illinois. The Cook County Medical Examiner later ruled Thompson’s death a homicide, concluding that he died as a result of asphyxia, resulting at least in part from a “choke hold” applied to his neck while officers were attempting to restrain him. Armed with this information, Lee Thompson and Paulette…
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