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Supreme Court to hear excessive force case

The US Supreme Court of granted certiorari Monday in Brownback v. Douglas, a case concerning excessive force by police.

James King was stopped by two undercover officers from a federal-state joint task force in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2014. The officers, one an FBI agent and one a local police officer, attempted to arrest King, whom they had mistaken for a fugitive. King resisted arrest and was then punched by the officers.

After assault charges were dropped against King, he brought charges against the officers, as well as the federal government.

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