Legal Opinion
Diamond v. City of Mobile
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided January 16, 1978No. Civ. A. No. 77-181-HPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
HAND, District Judge.
Glenn Diamond, Barbara Marshall and James A. Jones have filed suit against the City of Mobile, the Commissioners of the City of Mobile, the Chief of the Mobile Police Department, and certain officers and supervisors of the Mobile Police Department, alleging violations of their civil rights stemming from alleged acts of police brutality. Specifically, the plaintiffs allege that on March 28, 1976 defendants Patrick, Adams, Williams, Buck, Straum, Powell, and certain unknown others, compelled Diamond to undergo a mock hanging ceremony; hit, kicked, and…
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