Judge makes recommendation in Ala. police lawsuit
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A federal judge has recommended that the city of Birmingham, its police chief and four police supervisors be dismissed from an excessive force lawsuit by a man whose beating by authorities was caught on a dashboard video.
The Birmingham News (http://bit.ly/r7t2Uz ) reports U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Armstrong made the recommendation regarding the city and Police Chief A.C. Roper on Thursday. He previously recommended that four police supervisors — Dexter Cunningham, Frank Majors, Gary Finley and Jamal McCaskey — should be dismissed from the lawsuit.
A district court judge is expected to consider Anthony Warren's objections to the recommendations. Warren sued in 2009, after video of the January 2008 beating surfaced.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}His attorney, Wendy Brooks Crew, says a trial is still expected to go forward on remaining claims against six officers.