Legal Opinion
BROOKINS v. THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 21, 2024No. 2:24-cv-00470Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA KAREN BROOKINS : CIVIL ACTION : v. : NO. 24-470 : : THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al. : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. October 21, 2024 A mother timely sued the City and police officers for her injuries arising from officers taking and electronically disseminating a picture of her deceased adult son laying on the ground immediately after he jumped from a bridge following an extended police encounter addressing the son’s evident mental health crisis. She is scheduled for trial in approximately two months on her claims. But she…
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- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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