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News Sep 2, 2016

Embattled Rockford Cop Jonathan Hedges Among Defendants in Excessive Force Lawsuit

By Kristen Zambo Staff writer Follow @@kristenzamboPosted Sep. 1, 2016 at 10:33 am Updated Sep 1, 2016 at 11:58 PMFollow @@kristenzambo ROCKFORD — A Rockford police officer with a history of professional and legal troubles is one of three officers accused of using excessive force during a Rockford man’s arrest. An attorney for Torrey T. Turner, of Rockford, filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in U.S. …

News Aug 5, 2016

Jim Dey: UI Can’t Shake Fired Prof’s Lawsuit

Three years after university trustees dismissed tenured engineering professor Louis Wozniak, the controversy remains alive and kicking but in a different forum – the federal court in Urbana. Dismissed on Nov. 13, 2013, after nearly 50 years on the faculty, Wozniak challenged the decision in a 2015 federal lawsuit alleging that University of Illinois trustees and various officials violated his civil rights. UI lawyers moved to …