SCLC/Rosa #656 — Hardwick v. Hurley (1961): Monroe-era remand, not proven violence
SCLC Unnamed post-Monroe Seventh Circuit reversal identified: Hardwick alleged beating after speeding arrest and refused drunkometer; circuit ordered merits trial.
Despite concern about crowded federal dockets, the circuit reversed dismissal. Neither the violence nor ultimate plaintiff success was established by that remand.
Craft: remand ≠ finding of brutality; allegation ≠ adjudicated fact. Remote-byte: village/1961-hardwick-hurley-chicago-drunkometer-police-brutality-monroe-remand.
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