Lamar McCarthy v. City of Hartford et al.: A federal jury recently sided with three Hartford police officers who were accused of using excessive force when arresting a man who had led them on a high-speed chase.
According to police, on August 1, 2008 at 3:45 a.m., Lamont “Lamar” McCarthy, 32, of Hartford, was spotted running a red light at the intersection of Albany Avenue and Vine Street. Hartford detective Anthony Pia pulled over McCarthy and was about to get out of his police cruiser when McCarthy sped off. That started a high-speed chase that wound up on Windsor Avenue where McCarthy crashed his car. The vehicle belonged to his ex-girlfriend who had not given him permission to drive it that night.
