Lee Thompson, Administrator of the Estate of James Thompson and Paulette White-Thompson v. City of Chicago and Officer Bradley Hespe

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2006-12-19

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COFFEY, Circuit Judge. On December 5, 2000, James Thompson died following a struggle with police officers who were trying to handcuff him while taking him into custody after he led them on a high-speed automobile chase in an attempt to evade apprehension on the west side of Chicago, Illinois. The Cook County Medical Examiner later ruled Thompson’s death a homicide, concluding that…

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