A federal jury Wednesday rejected a woman’s claim that Evanston police violated her Fourth Amendment rights by strip-searching her in front of male and female onlookers.
The nine-member jury in U.S. District Judge William T. Hart’s court returned a verdict in favor of the two officers sued by Jaleh Banaei.
Jurors reached their decision following 1½ days of trial and 15 minutes of deliberation, said W. Grant Farrar, Evanston’s corporation counsel, who represented the officers.
“The …