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Michigan Jury Dismisses Claims of Excessive Use of Force and Assault Against Detroit Police Officer

Michigan Jury Dismisses Claims of Excessive Use of Force and Assault Against Detroit Police Officer

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Nishica Srivastava
July 12, 2024
Michigan Jury Dismisses Claims of Excessive Use of Force and Assault Against Detroit Police Officer

Alexander V. Wade

On March 11, 2024, the Michigan jury delivered the verdict in favor of Defendant Dattahn Jamal Wade in a lawsuit alleging excessive use of force under the Fourth Amendment and state law claims of assault and battery.

Case Background

On October 02, 2021, Plaintiff Isaac Alexander filed a lawsuit against a Detroit officer, Dattahn Jamal Wade, before the United States District Court, Michigan Eastern, Detroit. The case was assigned to District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds and referred to Magistrate Judge Anthony P. Patti. [Case number: 2:21cv12369]

Cause

On October 10, 2018, Isaac Alexander and his fiancée, Star Rivers, were in Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan. They were sitting in his car when she became upset after find

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assault and battery
civil action
excessive use of force
gross negligence