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Court upholds officer’s firing for excessive force

The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners had the authority to fire a police officer who beat and spit on a drunken driver who was already subdued, a unanimous Missouri Supreme Court said Tuesday. The officer, Timothy Coffer, has been on unpaid leave during the course of this case. His lawyer, John P. O’Connor, argued to ...

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