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City of East Cleveland to appeal verdict in multi-million dollar police brutality case

The city argues that the judge in the case made a mistake with jury instructions.

The City of East Cleveland has filed a motion for an appeal against a jury’s multi-million dollar verdict in a police brutality civil lawsuit against the city.

On Friday, August 9, Arnold Black was awarded $50 million dollars after he was beaten by police and locked in a storage closet for four days before being  finally being put in jail in 2012. 

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In a new court filing, the city argues that the judge in the case made a mistake with jury instructions.

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