Legal Opinion
Westfahl v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 12, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2011-2210PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
Officers of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) arrested Plaintiff Shawn Westfahl during a protest march against the World Bank and charged him with assaulting a police officer. According to the police, Westfahl struck Officer Robert Robinson with a protest flag and resisted several officers’ efforts to subdue and handcuff him. West-fahl maintains he dropped the flag and tried to comply with the officers’ instructions. An amateur video of the incident, while blurry, appears to show that the…
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