This is a motion to set aside a verdict in favor of the defendant the City of New York, in an action for an unprovoked police clubbing of the plaintiff, then known to be suffering from a mental disturbance and for the officer's use of excessive force while attempting to subdue him.
The character and extent of permissible force to be used by policemen in subduing a known mentally...
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