Posted on 07/17/2009 7:16:00 PM PDT by greatdefender
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A teenager filed an "intent to sue" the Orlando Police Department because he says a cop shot him from behind after a traffic stop. Police said they opened fire, because 17-year-old Dorall Marshall had a gun.
However, Eyewitness News could not find any documentation on a weapon and the teen said he wasn't trying to do anything but run away.
Dorall Marshall may never regain the full use of his left leg. In May, the Orlando police officer shot him from behind and shattered his hip and femur.
"I think it was unnecessary I wasn't trying to harm a police officer, I was trying to flee the scene," Marshall said.
Marshall was in a passenger's seat in a car when his friend blew through a stop sign near the Metroplace apartments on Kirkman Road. An Orlando police officer followed the car to Hope Circle Drive.
The driver crashed into a pole and then Marshall jumped out of the car and ran to the fence. He claims the officer shot him.
In May, an Orlando police spokesman said the officer shot Marshall because he had a gun.
"When people are running they got guns and they use them or display them in a threatening manner, we are going to have to take action," Barb Jones of the Orlando Police Department said.
However, the police report only charged Marshall with resisting arrest without violence. The state dropped the charge. There was no mention of Marshall pulling out a gun and the officer never mentioned in the report that he shot the teen.
The FDLE investigated the shooting and turned the case over to the state attorney. Marshall was on probation for burglary and battery when he was shot.
Yeah, not feeling the sympathy for this one.
I guess next time he will STOP when a cops says stop, now won’t he!
Running away from a police chase doesn’t merit a bullet in the ass....
> “I think it was unnecessary I wasn’t trying to harm a police officer, I was trying to flee the scene,” Marshall said.
“He who fights and runs away gets shot in the arse.”
No sympathy. Self-inflicted injury, should be punished as such.
Bad shoot.
Orlando will be cool $250K poorer for the bad judgement.
I don’t speak up for fleeing suspects, but the law doesn’t allow the officer to shoot in this circumstance.
Marshall was on probation for burglary and battery when he was shot.
Seems like he is a upstanding citizen.
The state dropped the charge. There was no mention of Marshall pulling out a gun and the officer never mentioned in the report that he shot the teen.
Something's not right here.
Is this, "they got guns" quote from the family of the perp or a member of Orlando's finest?
So cops can shoot a PASSENGER in a car that ran through a stop sign because he is on probation?
The cop should stop being lazy and chase the boy down with his night stick like he’s suppose to.
Isn’t the criteria for police opening fire how serious the crime is? Of course if the dirtbag has a gun all bets are off but in this case it appears he was unarmed.
I did not say that please do not twist my words..
Not if he wins the lawsuit.
I see a career of getting shot in the arse in his future. ;-)
Of course, after his lawyers get their cut … he might end of with a buck 98 for his troubles and every cop within 200 miles waiting for him to screw up again.
Bet they will aim a little higher next time.
In 1939, in Guatemala a dictator Jorge Ubico authorized police to fire guns at ANY that flees. Guess what, no one ran away. I’ve seen way too many police chases, people lack any kind of respect for the law. I saw FIRE.
He’s 17 and on probation for burglary and battery.
Why wasn’t he locked up?
“Violence is bad, unless committed by the state.”
“people lack any kind of respect for the law”
Maybe that’s because the a-hole politicians pass the laws and don’t follow the laws themselves... They are the biggest crooks of all.
Here is the US Supreme court decision that applies. The question is not whether the city is going to pay; just how much. Liabilty is not even open to question once you read this case,
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=471&page=1
How many Freepers believe that disobeying a “lawful order” or being a dumbass 17 year-old kid is a capital offense? How many Freepers believe that a cop hyped up on testosterone, adrenalin, Red Bull, and Krispy Kreme’s raise your hands should be the judge, jury, and executioner.........
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