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Providence, Rhode Island (AP)
A federal judge ordered a new trial in a lawsuit brought by a member of the Narragansett tribe who sued state police for a violent 2003 raid on a tribal smoke shop.
Adam Jennings’ ankle was broken in the July 14, 2003, raid at the shop on tribal land in Charlestown. A jury in 2005 found that trooper Kenneth Jones used excessive force when he was trying to subdue Jennings, and awarded Jennings just over $300,000.
A federal judge ordered a new trial in a lawsuit brought by a member of the Narragansett tribe who sued state police for a violent 2003 raid on a tribal smoke shop.
Adam Jennings’ ankle was broken in the July 14, 2003, raid at the shop on tribal land in Charlestown. A jury in 2005 found that trooper Kenneth Jones used excessive force when he was trying to subdue Jennings, and awarded Jennings just over $300,000.
