An African-American tax attorney who was held at gunpoint and handcuffed by police officers after a Papa John’s employee allegedly accused him of pulling a gun while buying a pizza has won an appeal in the Court of Appeals of Indiana.

Attorney Sanford Kelsey can move ahead to trial with his claims of false imprisonment, defamation, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the pizza chain.

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