v. Kansas City Missouri Board of Police Commissioners, et al.

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OUTCOME: Settlement

Two Kansas City Missouri Police Officers interrupted a funeral of a child mistaking the deceased child's father as a suspect in a crime. Once the identity was verified, the officers continued to detai ... n both the mother and father keeping them from completing the burial of their child. Counts against the Police Department and the officers involved included: INTENTIONAL BREACH OF THE RIGHT OF SEPULCHER AND BURIAL, VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 1983, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, NEGLIGENT INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, Punitive damages demanded.