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Court: Victim need not identify officer in brutality case to win

A court has ruled that victims do not need to identify the specific officer who shot them in order to succeed in police brutality cases.

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A court has ruled that a victim of police brutality need not identify the specific officer who shot him in order to win his case, according to Daily Nation.

The ruling states that officers cannot use masked operations to shield the National Police Service from accountability, Daily Nation reports.

Source: Daily Nation

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