As the Curtis Reeves trial continued Wednesday, the defense team called expert witnesses such as an LEO trainer and a crime scene reconstruction expert.
Photographer arrested during protest files lawsuit, accuses JSO officer of hitting her in the head
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Charges against the woman and 47 other protestors were dropped by State Attorney Melissa Nelson.
The attorney filing suit claims the use of force is not isolated, but “part of a longstanding practice by JSO.”
It’s the latest example of demonstrators from the May protests in Jacksonville filing a lawsuit against the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office.
In a 15-page lawsuit filed Wednesday, the 28-year-old woman claims during Sunday’s peaceful protest on the courthouse lawn officers with the Sheriffs Office “slammed” her on the sidewalk and she was “struck on the head by JSO officers.”