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Lawsuit: Indiana police used excessive force in traffic stop
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawsuit-indiana-police-used-excessive-force-in-traffic-stop/-snip-
CHICAGO - A northwest Indiana family has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Hammond, Ind., police officers of excessive force, false arrest and battery during a traffic stop in which officers broke a car window and deployed a stun gun.
Jamal Jones, his girlfriend Lisa Mahone and Mahone's two children were driving to a Cook County, Ill. hospital on Sept. 25, after Mahone got a call from doctors telling her that her mother was in grave condition, reports CBS Chicago.
On their way to the hospital, Hammond police pulled them over because Mahone was not wearing her seat belt, the lawsuit alleges.
The traffic stop was recorded on a cell phone by Mahone's 14-year-old son, who was sitting in the back seat with his younger sister.
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