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This is a PERFECT example as to why qualified immunity needs to go away. No one will suffer any consequences other than the taxpayers who pony up for the lawsuit damages.Hoo Boy...
tl;dr‘Murdered In His Own Home’: Kentucky Cops Raid Wrong Home and Kill Innocent Man Over Alleged Stolen Weed Eater Despite Receiving the Correct Address At Least Five Times
Kentucky dispatchers repeatedly told police officers the address of a house they were supposed to raid over an alleged stolen Weed Eater, only for the
1. Police get a warrant to retrieve a stolen weed-eater.
2. Police decide to execute the warrant around midnight. To retrieve a weed-eater.
3. Warrant has the address. Dispatch also gives them the address repeatedly.
4. The police still manage to go to the wrong house. To retrieve a weed-eater.
5. They burst into the wrong house, startling the owner, who produces a gun.
6. The owner of the wrong house was promptly shot dead. Over a weed-eater.
Here, the damages would be capped at $100K against the city. It's possible that the widow might be able to piggyback damages to her to reach the aggregate $300K. As far as suing the LEO himself, those are usually shallow pockets...
Yeah, but the police officers should be charged for this. Someone should pay for their incredible negligence. Unless / until they fear punishment they'll continue this sort of careless behavior.
I agree. This is so off the wall that there must be more to the story...
Good Lord.......
A Florida police officer has been sacked after she accidentally shot a driver with his own gun during a traffic stop. Jason Arrington was pulled over on 13 December because officers said he went through a red light in the Jacksonville area. Bodycam video shows him complying with a request to step out of the vehicle. Then Officer Mindy Cardwell inadvertently "put pressure on the trigger" of Mr Arrington's legally owned Glock .45 as she removed it from his holster, causing a round to fire into his right leg, said officials.
Geez! Do police officers go through training that involves taking a gun away from a suspect without shooting the suspect with said gun? If not, I think they probably should.
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I absolutely LOVE our sheriff!
"We really don't want you here. Nobody wants you here."
Update: all three officers found NOT GUILTY on all counts.update in the tyre nichols case
Second Cop in Tyre Nichols Case Changes His Mind About His Plea... | The Root
Former Memphis officer Emmitt Martin III decided to enter a guilty plea in the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols.www.theroot.com
Out of the five former Memphis police officers criminally charged in the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols, one of them threw in the towel on the fight to prove his innocence. The former cop has now decided to plead guilty.
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Along with his former colleagues, Mills originally pleaded not guilty to all charges. However, according to a recent court filing, Mills had a hearing set Thursday to change to a guilty plea on his federal charges, per NBC News. Each officer faces life in prison if convicted. Mills is looking at no more than 15 years in prison and no parole.
And just so we're clear, there was VIDEO of them beating Nichols while he was on the ground, slumped against a police car.
I've not kept up closely with this trial but I believe these three didn't actually beat Nichols, but rather didn't stop the two who were actually beating him. The two who beat / kicked him to death have already pled guilty to federal and state charges.
