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TINSLEY v. TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM

SJC-12826.

485 Mass. 760 (2020)

Mark S. TINSLEY, v. TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

September 17, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted on the briefs.

Robert C. Johnson, Jr., for the plaintiff.

Bradford N. Louison for the defendants.

James S. Timmins & Maura E. O'Keefe for Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association, amicus curiae.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, & KAFKER, JJ.

In this disturbing case we must determine the extent to which the criminal convictions of the plaintiff, Mark S. Tinsley, on charges related to his arrest affect the validity of his civil claims against the police officers who arrested him. The incident at issue began with a routine traffic stop of the plaintiff, a Black man, by two police...

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