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you know I practiced for a number of
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years at a large law firm uh in Downtown
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Minneapolis here years ago and
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represented the Minneapolis Police
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Department and so it was in the defense
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of police who have a very difficult job
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as we all know and have to oftentimes
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make
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split-second uh decision ISS and the law
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allowed for actions to be taken against
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the police when one thought that their
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civil rights were violated so I
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understood the law quite well and I took
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on my first uh excessive force civil
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rights case in the police uh
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Arena a number of years after that I
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looked at the and and took a different
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perspective on the litigation certainly
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on the plaintiff side than I did on the
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defense side but I learned a great deal
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uh about in an area that I thought I
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already knew quite well by representing
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uh the
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plaintiff that broadened out into a
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number of different civil rights actions
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not just when the government through law
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enforcement take action against people
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and overstep their
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bounds uh which often happens in that
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case that I handled uh back a number of
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years ago before even uh video with on
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on your phones existed and we didn’t
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have video in that case it ended up
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being a Million Dollar Plus verdict on
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uh in support of our client that caused
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me to expand our practice in civil
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rights litigation on behalf of
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plaintiffs when the government in
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whatever sort of context over
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steps uh whether it be by uh
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violating one’s civil rights through
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regulatory action or whether it be a law
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enforcement action