{"id":11041,"date":"2011-11-10T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=11041"},"modified":"2011-11-10T06:00:57","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T06:00:57","slug":"oag-defends-ex-cop-facing-police-brutality-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/oag-defends-ex-cop-facing-police-brutality-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"OAG defends ex-cop facing police brutality lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"
Govt lawyer denies unreasonable force was used<\/div>\n
By Ferdie de la Torre
\nReporter<\/div>\n

The Office of the Attorney General is defending former police officer Jesse Dubrall in a police brutality lawsuit filed in federal court by a man who claimed he was beaten up by Dubrall in a case of mistaken identity.<\/p>\n

In Dubrall’s answer to the complaint that assistant attorney general Michael A. Stanker filed Tuesday, he denies using unreasonable force in arresting Jin Dong Wang Wang.<\/p>\n

Stanker said that Dubrall admits that he had a gun, that he told Wang to get down, that he handcuffed Wang, and that Wang was taken to the Commonwealth Health Center for treatment.<\/p>\n

Dubrall, however, denies that Wang suffered severe injuries on his head, abdomen, buttocks, and legs, Stanker said.<\/p>\n

Stanker said that Dubrall’s conduct was privileged as an act of self-defense. \u201cDubrall’s conduct was privileged as his acts occurred while executing an arrest warrant and his acts and force used were otherwise reasonable under the circumstances,\u201d the lawyer pointed out.<\/p>\n

Stanker asked the U.S. District Court for the NMI to dismiss the lawsuit and award Dubrall expenses and costs.<\/p>\n

Wang, through counsel Robert J. O’Connor, is suing former Dubrall for assault and battery, false arrest, emotional distress, violation of civil rights, and negligence.<\/p>\n

Wang, a Chinese national, is also suing DPS for negligence and violation of civil rights and former DPS commissioner Santiago Tudela for violation of civil rights and negligence.<\/p>\n

Wang alleged that Dubrall hit him with a gun’s butt and repeatedly kicked him after mistaking him for another person that police were trying to arrest on Oct. 18, 2010.<\/p>\n

He is demanding damages of at least $100,000. He also wants a court’s injunction directing DPS to implement procedures to prevent the use of excessive force and assault of arrested persons in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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