Legal Opinion
Tracy Williams v. Brandon Brooks
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 5, 2016No. 15-1763PublishedCited by 321 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Officer Brandon Brooks conducted a traffic stop of plaintiff Tracy Williams for failing to activate his turn signal prior to changing lanes. Williams did not cooperate with the instructions of Officer Brooks and Officer Kehl, which led to a physical confrontation. Defendant Sergeant Shannon Trump then arrived at the scene. Officer Brooks arrested Williams for resisting law enforcement, and after a bench trial, a state court judge granted Williams’s motion to dismiss the charge. Williams sued defendants in federal district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983,…
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