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Until the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday in Thompson v. Clark, many former criminal defendants seeking to sue their arresting officers in federal court for malicious prosecution faced an almost insurmountable barrier: demonstrating that their criminal proceedings ended with an affirmation of their innocence. ....
Late one spring night last year, a traffic stop in Westchester County turned deadly. On June 5, New Rochelle police pulled over a vehicle for failing to signal. The passenger, 24-year-old Kamal Flowers, ran away from the stop and an officer followed, police say. At some point, Flowers brandished a gun, police claim. The officer opened fire, killing Flowers. The circumstances of his death sparked protest in the lower Hudson Valley. But, in a long-awaited report on how often New York police officers use force, Flowers death was absent from the fatality column. In fact, Flowers’ case is one of a number of high-profile incidents in which police used force that were not reported by local police agencies to the state Division of Criminal Justice Services. The state entity was tasked with compiling a new, annual report on how often New York officers use weapons, Tasers and pepper spray or otherwise took forceful action against a subject. ....
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