Washington v. Lambert

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1996-10-28

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KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge, concurring in the judgment. I agree with much of the majority’s analysis, but cannot join the opinion’s sociological disquisition on the racial prejudices of police officers. Although the events catalogued in the opinion, see, e.g., op. at 1182-83 n. 1, are highly troubling, they are not part of the record in this case. Defendants were not sued because of all the sins and…

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