A licensed concealed carry holder in Chicago shot a robbery suspect in the middle of the night, landing the suspect in a local hospital, according to police.
Prosecutors dropped the charges against the mom, Carlishia Hood, and her son, which was subsequently followed by a lawsuit against the city and the officers who arrested Hood over claims of malicious prosecution, false arrest and intentional infliction of emotional distress."You don't have to be a lawyer to appreciate and recognize that when a woman is violently attacked by a man – an unarmed woman – that she shouldn't be arrested," Hood’s attorney Brandon Brown said last week.
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