The New York Court of Appeals is set to consider next week whether Buffalo, New York, and its residents, will have to foot the bill in a civil lawsuit against a police officer who was accused of using excessive force when he repeatedly struck a man with his baton five years ago.

That officer, Corey Krug, has since been acquitted of any criminal wrongdoing related to the incident after federal prosecutors brought him up on civil rights charges in 2015.

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