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Public commenter charged with battering officer in Kansas case
Phillip Michael Brain 55 faces one misdemeanor count of battery on a law enforcement officer in Douglas County District Court for an Oct. 16 2024 incident during police clearance of the Amtrak homeless camp on Seventh Street Lawrences police and city staff were at the scene Witnesses include multiple officers Brain yelled obscene and biased slurs during the confrontation He was summoned rather than arrested at that time and is scheduled to appear in court Brain has prior charges including a 2023 armed standoff case and a separate federal suit dismissal related to a homeless camp ban from 2023.
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