Posted on 05/05/2015 4:59:13 PM PDT by don-o
A witness to a police officer's fatal shooting of Michael Brown last summer in Ferguson, Missouri, has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was wrongly stopped and fired on during the encounter on a city street.
The lawsuit, filed last week by Dorian Johnson, claims that the officer, Darren Wilson, fired at him and Brown as they ran away from him on Aug. 9. The lawsuit claims Wilson targeted him without probable cause.
"Officer Wilson acted with either deliberate indifference and/or reckless disregard toward" Johnson, the lawsuit says.
The suit also cited many of the Departmet of Justice findings, arguing that the city and former Police Chief Thomas Jackson "facilitated, encouraged and/or instigated" biased police behavior, including the "excessive force" used against Brown and Johnson.
The lawsuit seeks $25,000 in damages.
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“...it they’re asking for $25,000...”
Here’s the way that works. 25k is the minimum the court this guy filed in requires for the case to be heard there. The amount sought is simply a required number as a minimum. The actual amount this opportunist wants is likely in the seven figures. Its also tougher to get sanctions as a “frivolous” lawsuit than you may think. If there is any legal basis, absolutely any for the filing, no attorney fees against the plaintiff.
thanks!! learned early on on FR to not be embarrassed of what I didn’t know because there would be so much lol. And as opposed to what Jon J...ff Stewart things, Conservatives almost always seem to have superior knowledge on many subjects compared to dims
Not this lying little punk again
You mean the thug fleeing the convenience story robbery?
Oh sorry, thug is now raciss.
Now would be a good time for Adrian to be arrested for his conspiracy to commit a strong armed Assault/Robbery that day.
The store owner should sue him for asssault, harassment and terrorism.
I thought individuals acting in the line of duty were immune from this kind of lawsuit. I had to fire a guy once and he tried to sue me. The U.S. Attorneys Office took care of it forthwith.
Good luck with that you pos.
LEOs do have some immunity, but a plaintiff can get around it if he can show that the LEO’s conduct was particularly egregious. I usually don’t find Wikipedia to be a good source for anything controversial, but it has a pretty good explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity.
By the definition outlined in your reference, I think Ms. Mosby is in deep do do. Especially since she didn’t run this through the grand jury, but acted on her own.
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