Excessive Force Claim From Mistaken Identity Gets SCOTUS Look (1)

A case of mistaken identity that resulted in a brawl between law enforcement and a Michigan man will go before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The justices said on Monday that they will hear a case arising out of the 2014 arrest gone wrong, which involved a federal agent and a city police officer working on a joint state/federal task force.

The case, filed by the federal government, seeks to dismiss the unreasonable force and excessive force suits brought by James King, who fit the general description of a fugitive.

King sued not only the officers, Todd Allen and Douglas Brownback, ...