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You're never going to win a suit against policemen not doing their duty.

* https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=910846825412517...

* https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-supreme-court/545/748.h...

The point is not winning. The point is keeping checks, and publicity. Knowing they might get sued, even winning, is enough. How they are gonna talk to their neighbors who read about that case in a local newspaper?

But the more people say "you're never gonna win" -- the less people care, coming to the current situation.

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