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Georgia Man Reaches Settlement with Dekalb County Police Officer over Civil Rights Violations
Loaded on April 25, 2018
by Christopher Zoukis
Filed under:
Excessive Force (Police),
First Amendment, rights,
Fourteenth Amendment, rights.
Location:
Georgia.
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