Legal Opinion
Hector Santiago v. Paul J. Fenton, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 11, 1989No. 89-1108PublishedCited by 226 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Hector Santiago claims that the City of Springfield, Massachusetts, its police chief and three police officers violated his constitutional rights by forcibly arresting and repeatedly striking him after he threw a snowball that hit a police officer’s unmarked car. Santiago brought a civil rights action alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Mass.Gen.L. ch. 12, § 111, federal and state constitutions and state common law. He ultimately prevailed at trial against one officer on one claim.
Santiago alleges three errors to this court. First, he claims that…
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