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Cincinnati, Ohio: The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned down the appeal of an officer to have a lawsuit thrown out. The man filing suit will be allowed to move forward with his excessive force lawsuit. He says the officer used a stun gun on him while he was shirtless, unarmed, and kneeling with his arms in the air. »

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Simone, who’s been dubbed “Super Cop” retired after more than 35 years as a police officer. He has killed five people in the line of duty and shot at 11 more.

He has been shot twice, stabbed, and hit by several cars.

Cleveland, Ohio: The police fired a sergeant and meted out demotions and suspensions for a car chase that involved five dozen cruisers, 137 rounds of ammunition fired by 13 officers, and the death of two people who, it turned out, were probably unarmed. »

Cleveland, Ohio: The police fired a sergeant and meted out demotions and suspensions for a car chase that involved five dozen cruisers, 137 rounds of ammunition fired by 13 officers, and the death of two people who, it turned out, were probably unarmed.

Dozens of cruisers became involved in the chase without permission from superiors and with little direction, according to a state report released earlier in the year. The episode damaged the department’s relationship with residents and must be repaired, Chief Michael McGrath said at a news conference Tuesday.

“That means we have to work a little harder on our end,” he said.

In March, the U.S. Justice Department said it was opening a wide-ranging civil rights investigation into the use of force by Cleveland police, looking beyond the chase to analyze several years of excessive force claims and police policies, training and procedures.

But the upheaval from the Nov. 29 chase alone is likely to spread through the ranks. More than 100 patrol-level officers involved in some way face disciplinary hearings beginning in July.

And 13 officers who fired their weapons as the chase ended in a blocked-off school parking lot in East Cleveland face a county grand jury investigating possible criminal wrongdoing.