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A 13-year-old boy weighing just 70 pounds is at the center of a fiery civil lawsuit against three Parma police officers, accused of brutalizing him during a park encounter. His mother alleges officers used excessive force, falsified records, and endangered her child — claims backed by body camera footage the family’s attorney says proves the officers’ hostile, indifferent behavior, including slamming the teen’s face into a stone wall. The officers’ union counters with their own footage, claiming the teen initiated aggression and that force was justified after he allegedly kicked at the cruiser and lunged at an officer. While a magistrate dismissed charges against the teen and sealed his records, the city has released more video — but the official police report remains hidden, leaving the public in suspense as both sides battle over who tells the truth.

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