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November 5, 2015

AL Court Declares 2nd Mistrial in Case of Cop who Beat Indian Man 
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Meanwhile, in Alabama, a second mistrial has been declared in the trial
of a Madison police officer in a case that left an Indian grandfather
partially paralyzed. In February, Officer Eric Parker and other officers
approached Sureshbhai Patel as he was taking a walk, after a neighbor
called to report a "skinny black guy" in the neighborhood. Dash camera
footage shows police slamming Patel from a standing position face-first
into the ground. On Wednesday, a judge declared a second mistrial after
a jury deadlocked on a single charge against Officer Parker for
violating Patel's civil rights.

 

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