Morgan v. City of Chicago, No. 14-3307 (7th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseOfficers noticed Morgan as he crossed the street and pursued him on suspicion that he was in possession of a firearm. They apprehended Morgan outside a house, using force that Morgan would later contend was excessive but that the officers would maintain was reasonable because he was resisting arrest. He was charged with resisting arrest and possession of a controlled substance based on a small bag of cocaine, which the officers claimed to have found near Morgan after his arrest. The state court dismissed the possession charge on the ground that there was not probable cause to prosecute, and the State’s Attorney dropped the charge for resisting arrest. Morgan sued the arresting officers under 42 U.S.C. 1983. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, rejecting an argument that the defendants had violated the Equal Protection Clause by exercising their peremptory strikes on a racially discriminatory basis during jury selection and that the district court had committed multiple procedural and substantive errors,
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