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Date: 06-16-2021
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Case Number: 4:20-cr-00380-AGF
Judge: Audrey G. Fleissig
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: St. Louis, Missouri civil rights violation charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant.
Ellis C. Brown, III, 32, of High Ridge, Missouri was charged with one count of deprivation of civil rights under color of law.
The evidence during the trial, which wrapped Thursday, proved Brown used unreasonable force during an encounter with a victim. In his capacity as a St. Ann police officer, Brown repeatedly kicked the victim who lay prone on the parking lot of a US Bank at the corner of Natural Bridge and Kingshighway in the city of St. Louis. The April 2019 incident was captured on video and followed a lengthy high-speed chase during which Brown and other St. Ann Police Department Officers pursued the victim through rush hour traffic for more than twenty minutes, at times reaching speeds exceeding 115 mph. Two St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officers intervened to stop Brown’s assault.
"Ellis Brown flagrantly abused the trust our community and his peers placed in him,” said U.S. Attorney Sayler Fleming. “I hope Brown’s conviction serves as a deterrent for others in law enforcement who might think about abusing their power.”
“Ellis Brown exceeded his authority and used excessive force in securing the arrest of an already compliant subject,” said Special Agent in Charge Richard Quinn of the FBI St. Louis Division. “In doing so, he violated not only the law, but also his oath as a law enforcement officer.”
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Derek Wiseman handled the case.
Depravation of Rights under Color of Law
(1r)
Outcome: 06/11/2021 78 CLERKS WITNESS LIST as to Ellis Carroll Brown, III as to Jury Trial. (AFO) (Entered: 06/11/2021)
06/11/2021 79 CLERKS EXHIBIT LIST as to Ellis Carroll Brown, III as to Jury Trial. (AFO) (Entered: 06/11/2021)
06/11/2021 80 Jury Instructions as to Ellis Carroll Brown, III (AFO) (Entered: 06/11/2021)
06/11/2021 81 EXHIBITS filed Received: Government's exhibits: 1-3 and 5-29; Defendant's Exhibits: A, B and E. Government's Exhibits 1, 2 and 3 and Defendant's Exhibits A and B kept in Clerk's Office on flash drive. (AFO) (Entered: 06/11/2021)
06/11/2021 82 Exhibit Receipt by Defendant Ellis Carroll Brown, III. (AFO) (Entered: 06/11/2021)
06/11/2021 83 UNREDACTED Verdict Form as to Ellis Carroll Brown, III (AFO) (Entered: 06/11/2021)
06/11/2021 84 JURY VERDICT as to Ellis Carroll Brown, III (AFO) (Entered: 06/11/2021)
06/11/2021 85 Jury Notes as to Ellis Carroll Brown, III (AFO) (Entered: 06/11/2021)
06/11/2021 86 UNREDACTED Jury Notes as to Ellis Carroll Brown, III (AFO) (Entered: 06/11/2021)
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