POSNER, Circuit Judge. Mark Ball brought suit against the City of Chicago and one of its police officers, claiming that the officer had violated his federal constitutional rights by using excessive force — namely by shooting him — while attempting to arrest him; Ball had recently been released from a mental institution, and was wielding a butcher knife when shot. The district jud…
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