Gerald M. And Maureen M., Individually and as Next Friend of Their Minor Children J. And M. v. J. Conneely and Village of Dolton

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• concluding probable cause existed to detain on basis of ten-year-old child victim’s complaint
• noting that the mother did not “verbally object to the entrance,” did not “act astonished,” and did not “physically respond in any way that might relay the message she disapproved of his movement”
• affirming lower court’s grant of summary judgment for officer, finding that the uncorroborated complaint of a ten-year-old boy was enough to establish probable cause, despite the fact that there was a general animosity between the families of the accuser and accused
• “The [plaintiffs] offer absolutely nothing that suggests to us that it was unreasonable to believe [the victim’s] statements.”
• identification by a minor who was punched in the face and had his bicycle stolen
• identification by a minor who was punched in the face and had his bicycle stolen

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).