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"Experts cannot testify that a paintball gun is 'capable of causing severe injury' in a civil trial against two cops who shot a child on Halloween after allegedly mistaking a paintball gun for an actual firearm, a federal judge ruled."
"Bianca Jordan, on behalf of Delbert Van Allen, a minor, sued two Chicago police officers for use of excessive force, unreasonable search and seizure, and assault and battery."
"The officers wanted an expert to testify about the dangers of paintball guns to show what went through their minds when Delbert allegedly pointed it at them on Halloween night in 2008 from his grandmother's home on the South Side of Chicago." ... |
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