Legal Opinion
United States v. Desmond Christian
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 19, 2003No. 02-2528PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Desmond Christian was a police officer who attacked a suspect after the man hurled a hateful racial epithet at him. Two of Christian’s fellow officers held the suspect while Christian punched him and kneed him in the face. The other officers eventually pled guilty to misdemeanor charges of deprivation of rights under col- or of law in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242. Christian was charged with, a felony under that same section and was subsequently convicted by a jury and sentenced to 33 months’ incarceration and 2 years of supervised release. Christian…
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