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Chauvin Case Shines Spotlight on Minneapolis Police History of Mistreatment of Handcuffed Suspects

"Handcuffing is sort of the law of demarcation where it takes a whole lot of justification to use force after somebody's handcuffed, and it better be proportional to what a person did after somebody's handcuffed," said St. Paul-based attorney Paul Applebaum, who represented the man assaulted by Reiter in a civil suit against the...

Chauvin Case Draws Inevitable Comparisons to Another High-Profile Police Murder Trial

The two cases differ down to the descriptions of each victim killed, said defense attorney Paul Applebaum. Prosecutors "had the benefit, in Noor's case, of somebody who had been angelized: She was a yoga teacher, she was an attractive middle-aged white woman, so that story wrote itself," said Applebaum, pointing out that the defense intends...

Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Noor, Minneapolis Moves Forward After Conviction

The politics of the case and the racial realities of the justice system could make for a costly settlement, said civil rights attorney Paul Applebaum, who has represented victims of Minneapolis police in use-of-force cases. “I’m going to be blatant. This was a middle-aged, attractive white woman who by all accounts was a tremendous human...

Attorney Surprised, Concerned by $20 Million Ruszcyk Family Settlement With Minneapolis

While it is the highest amount they’ve ever paid, the payment won’t dry up the city’s account. Still, the settlement figure has shocked some local attorneys. “It’s not just me, I really am blown away by this,” said Paul Applebaum, of Applebuam Law Firm. Applebaum tried police misconduct cases for years and says this could set...

Ex-Cops’ Attorneys Attribute Floyd’s Death to Drugs, Foreshadowing Central Theme at Trial

St. Paul attorney Paul Applebaum, who is following the case but isn’t directly involved, doesn’t think Lane’s motion to dismiss charges has much chance to succeed. But that the motion did advance alternative narratives about what happened to Floyd. “For months now, for these officers, it’s just been an avalanche of bad publicity,” Applebaum said....

Chauvin Case Shines Spotlight on Minneapolis Police History of Mistreatment of Handcuffed Suspects

Chauvin Case Draws Inevitable Comparisons to Another High-Profile Police Murder Trial

Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Noor, Minneapolis Moves Forward After Conviction

Attorney Surprised, Concerned by $20 Million Ruszcyk Family Settlement With Minneapolis

Ex-Cops’ Attorneys Attribute Floyd’s Death to Drugs, Foreshadowing Central Theme at Trial

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