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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. COLSTON

No. 81-993.

468 A.2d 954 (1983)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellants, v. Johnny H. COLSTON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 24, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Earl, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellants.

J. Gordon Forester, Jr., Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, KERN, Associate Judge, and GREENE, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

The District of Columbia and Metropolitan Police Officer Charles Aldridge (Aldridge) appeal from a judgment against them on a jury verdict in appellee Johnny M. Colston's (appellee or Colston) action for false arrest and assault and battery. Appellee alleged that during the Farmers' March on Washington in February 1979, Aldridge improperly fired a chemical agent into the cab of Colston's tractor, causing permanent loss of the vision in his left...

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