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ROBINSON v. CITY OF HARVEY

Nos. 04-3993, 05-1192.

489 F.3d 864 (2007)

Archie ROBINSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF HARVEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 12, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Loevy (argued), Michael Kanovitz, Arthur Loevy, Russell Ainsworth, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas G. DiCianni, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

This is quite a case. Soon after 19-year-old Archie Robinson was shot by a City of Harvey police officer who said he acted in self-defense because Robinson was pointing a gun at him, rumors began to circulate that the officer's story was a lie. The truth, according to the rumors, was that Robinson was unarmed and that a gun, alleged to be his and found at the scene, was planted by police to cover up an unjustified shooting. Whether the rumors...

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