No claims left in a police officer's lawsuit

CINCINNATI (AP) -- A federal judge has thrown out the only claim left in a former Cincinnati police officer's lawsuit accusing the city and Hamilton County of blaming him for the death of a suspect in his custody.
Robert "Blaine" Jorg said officials ruined his reputation and made him a "scapegoat" in the November 2000 death of Roger Owensby Jr.
Owensby died of asphyxiation after Jorg and several other officers tackled him while trying to arrest him. The coroner ruled Owensby died of asphyxiation, either from a chokehold Jorg put him in, or from the other officers piling on top.
Jorg was acquitted in October 2001 of assault in Owensby's death. The jury deadlocked on a manslaughter charge, and prosecutors chose not to retry him. He left the Cincinnati force for a job in a nearby suburb but later left law enforcement altogether.
Jorg originally sued a black activist group that he said defamed him, but that case was dismissed from Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.