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.........
You’re right. The COP was wrong. I vote to award the injured victim $5
I vote that the cop should be shot in the kneecap, and then one the cop’s kids should also be shot in the kneecap...
Yeah, running from the cops is never safe.
HaHa, bad hair day for five-oh.
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How many Freepers believe that disobeying a “lawful order” or being a dumbass 17 year-old kid is a capital offense? “
How about disobeying a gang banger with a gun? Should that be a capital offense?
Case closed, pay the kid, fire all cops involved. What sorry work!!
“I vote that the cop should be shot in the kneecap, and then one the cop’s kids should also be shot in the kneecap...”
Everyone’s a hero on the Internet
BS, post fact.
Replace the cops with gang members. That should make work. Of course, I live in the mountains so I think it would make good TV
OK. I'll go along with it as long as the COP and his kid are convicted felons
add this to the list of why i hate cops
They never learn: Trying to cover-up will be worse than the crime
Who is the gang banger in this case, the stupid cops???
The cop in this story wasn’t Appy.
And... What would your reaction be if it was your 17 Y.O.? For myself, I believe in two eyes for an eye...
The next time some gang-banger sticks a gun in your face, stand up to him. He can’t do that to you. You have rights.
You are correct the cops involved can be charged with a federal civil rights violation and this case is real close to the two border guards. Except I believe the border guards were correct. But the cops in this case were dead wrong and may be in line for a free pass to the big house.
You need to get off of the loony pills. I deal only in what has happened, what if’s are for children.
“You are correct the cops involved can be charged with a federal civil rights violation”
But they won’t...
When you are shot in the back there really isn't a whole lot of difference between a cop and a gang banger.............
Florida doesn't have the money to lock up all the criminals down here.
How can anyone have an opinion based on the attached poorly written article is beyond me. Oh yeah I forgot, opinions are like...........
I have no sympathy for the thug but OPD’s decline has been going on since the mid 1990’s. A detective there named Emmit Browning is a prime example of the ineffiency they set in motion years ago. Sadly they move forward with blinders and have no desire to rectify the serious issues facing Mickey Mouse town. Drawing a paycheck and pension, along with facilitating the good ole boy network is par for the course.
Jumping out of the car at the end of the chase, armed with a pistol, puts one a person on *extremely* thin ice. They have very little latitude for error. Something as small as running towards an occupied area, or the slightest turn toward the officer, is enough for the officer to shoot to stop him.
The guy was an idiot, and probably a criminal, this isnt a RKBA case.
“There was no mention of Marshall pulling out a gun and the officer never mentioned in the report that he shot the teen.”
The report is a fairly basic outline. Its rare that a juridiction has the officer write a report at all about it. If they do, its very basic. The details of the shoot itself are covered exhaustively in the interviews and statements with detectives and the DA. The transcripts will be filled with details. And any lawyer can tell you that dropping the charge now pending means very little at this stage of the game. Its a matter of what to charge, deadlines, medical issues at the moment, etc. The can be refiled much later after a grand jury decides what is proper.
And Orlando isnt a backwater. A high profile town, home of Disney, will do it up to standards.
“I guess next time he will STOP when a cops says stop, now won’t he!”
Next time he certainly won’t be able to run as fast!
Everyone’s a hero on the internet
Here’s something to make you think. There were about 16,000 murders last year. Almost none of them were killed by a cop.
Running from a cop is like running into traffic. It’s a gamble some people are willing to take.
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