Okwa v. Harper

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• concluding that, for purposes of summary judgment, defendants did not have legal authority to arrest the plaintiff, and on that basis alone, summary judgment was improperly granted on the plaintiff’s Article 24 claims
• concluding that, for purposes of summary judgment, defendants did not have legal authority to arrest the plaintiff, and on that basis alone, summary judgment was improperly granted on the plaintiff’s Article 24 claims
• finding that a reasonable jury could infer malice from the fact that the officers used force after the plaintiff failed to obey their instructions immediately
• recognizing a common law action for damages for an alleged violation of Article 24 in an excessive force case
• recognizing a common law action for damages for an alleged violation of Article 24 in an excessive force case
• explaining that the summary judgment rule does not allow the court to \give credence to certain facts and refuse to credit others\ where witnesses give different versions of events

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