A plaintiff seeking an order requiring the city to pay a $32,000 judgment against three former Gun Trace Task Force officers urged the court in a motion filed Wednesday to focus on the facts of the case — a single illegal ...

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Baltimore currently cannot be sued for damages in federal civil rights cases over alleged police misconduct, but a lawsuit concerning wrongful arrest by officers of the corrupt Gun Trace Task Force is likely to serve as a vehicle to challenge that ...

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A Baltimore man won a $32,000 judgment against three former Gun Trace Task Force officers and his estate now is seeking to collect, setting up the first direct battle between a plaintiff and the city over whether the city should have ...

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A Baltimore couple who say they were victims of a robbery orchestrated by a member of the Gun Trace Task Force filed a federal lawsuit against the city last week, joining a growing number of citizens to sue over alleged ...

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At least one former Gun Trace Task Force officer may be called to testify at a hearing next month in the city’s case seeking a ruling on whether Baltimore must pay for judgments obtained in police misconduct lawsuits. The court ...

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Attorneys for former Gun Trace Task Force officers are asking a Baltimore judge to dismiss the city’s action seeking a preemptive ruling on who has to pay any damages in lawsuits against them. Four officers — Momodu Gondo, Evodio Hendrix, Maurice ...

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