Rose Bordanaro v. John McLeod Appeal of City of Everett, Edward Connolly, and Donald Bontempo

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• observing that the event itself is evidence that police officers acted in accordance with municipal policy
• holding introduction of post-event evidence was not error: “Post-event evidence can shed some light on what policies existed in the city on the date of an alleged deprivation of constitutional right.”
• finding the evidence “sufficient to prove that [city] officials were deliberately indifferent to the need for better ... training, supervision and discipline of the city’s police force”
• affirming the jury’s finding of municipal liability since the officers were not sufficiently supervised, properly recruited, and trained on appropriate police force
• affirming the judgment in holding the city liable since the single incident at issue involved the concerted action of several people
• upholding total award of $3,488,356 in compensatory damages and $819,983 in punitive damages

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