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The Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s ruling about whether St Louis police used excessive force on a man who died after officers handcuffed him and put their weight on his back inside a jail cell.

Police arrested Nicholas Gilbert, 27, a homeless man on suspicion of trespassing and failing to appear in court for an outstanding traffic ticket. After a struggle inside the facility where Gilbert was booked, he was handcuffed and shackled as six officers used their weight to subdue him, causing him to die during the altercation.

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