EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
The issue before us in this bench-tried police brutality case is whether a municipality was grossly negligent in hiring the defendant police officer and, if so, whether its gross negligence subjects it to liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We affirm the district court judgment exonerating Jonestown from liability.
BACKGROUND
On December 10, 1982, Willie Bullins and W.B. Williams, two Jonestown, Mississippi police...
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