Coverage dated February 6, 2023

Wisconsin student's dad sues over officer's neck restraint

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An Illinois man has filed a federal lawsuit alleging an off-duty police officer improperly put his knee into his 12-year-old daughter's neck during a fight in a Wisconsin middle school last year. Jerrel Perez, of Zion, Illinois, filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court in Milwaukee against the offi…

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KOB 4
Wisconsin student's dad sues over officer's neck restraint (opens KOB 4)
Published Feb 6, 2023
KOB 4's feed description
An Illinois man has filed a federal lawsuit alleging an off-duty police officer improperly put his knee into his 12-year-old daughter's neck during a fight in a Wisconsin middle school last year. Jerrel Perez, of Zion, Illinois, filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court in Milwaukee against the offi…
Reason
Police officer who kneeled on a 12-year-old girl's neck faces a federal lawsuit (opens Reason)
Published Feb 6, 2023
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A new lawsuit accuses an off-duty police officer of violently restraining a sixth-grader while breaking up a schoolyard fight. The girl's family is suing.
Fox News
Father sues Wisconsin school district for using Floyd-esque knee restraint on daughter (opens Fox News)
Published Feb 6, 2023
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An Illinois man is suing a Wisconsin school district over an incident in which an off-duty police officer knelt on his daughter's neck during a fight.

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