Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Clark
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 12, 2019No. 14-CV-7349PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JACK B. WEINSTEIN, Senior United States District Judge
At 10 p.m. one evening in Brooklyn, plaintiff, with his wife and new-born baby, were preparing for sleep. He was confronted at his front door by four armed uniformed police officers without a warrant seeking to enter his home. They had been directed to investigate a report of possible child abuse. He blocked their entry and, according to the officers' testimony, pushed one of the officers. They pushed him to the floor, handcuffed him, and, according to his testimony, beat him. The child was fine-the report of abuse came from a distraught…
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