“I am glad that my yearslong fight to have my school see me for who I am is over,” he said. In the excessive force case, Lombardo v. St. Louis, No. “Three officers held Gilbert’s limbs down at the shoulders, biceps and legs,” the Supreme Court’s unsigned opinion said. “The officers rolled Gilbert onto his side and then his back to check for a pulse,” the opinion said. An ambulance eventually transported Gilbert to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.”Mr. Gilbert’s parents sued, losing in the federal appeals court in St. Louis, which ruled that the officers had not used unconstitutionally excessive force.

Source: New York Times June 28, 2021 21:56 UTC