Posted on 02/07/2016 11:09:36 AM PST by NRx
A Chicago police officer who fatally shot a college student and his 55-year-old neighbor has filed a lawsuit against the teenager’s estate that blames the mentally ill 19-year-old for causing the officer “extreme emotional trauma.â€
Officer Robert Rialmo’s lawsuit was filed Friday and offers the first public account of the moments before Rialmo shot and killed Quintonio LeGrier on Dec. 26. The suit claims that Rialmo, who was arriving at the scene of a domestic disturbance with another officer, opened fire after the teenager twice swung a bat at the officer’s head and then raised the weapon a third time, leading Rialmo to fear that his life was in danger, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The round that killed LeGrier also killed 55-year-old Bettie Jones, a downstairs neighbor and mother of five who was standing near LeGrier and was not part of the disturbance that had drawn police to the residence. In an apologetic statement the next day, police confirmed that her death was accidental.
Rialmo is seeking $10 million in damages, according to the Associated Press.
Ooops. Forgot to check the excerpt box. Go to the link for the full story.
Looks like the Louisville slugger was stopped by a slug...
If one of my rounds “went astray” and killed an innocent person I’d be up on charges of manslaughter so fast it’d make my head spin. But then I’m just a citizen of Illinois with a CCL. Cops are “special” and the mostest importantest part of the story is that the cop made it home safely.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, else matters and that includes the dead citizen.
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The cop does not want the family’s money. He wants the money that the city will eventually give to the family.
I’ll leave it to others to debate the legality of the shooting the baseball bat guy. But the cop also (accidentally) shot the innocent neighbor. I hope the neighbor’s family sues the cop personally. One good lawsuit deserves another.
If your bullet traveled through the intended target, it did not go astray. The fact that it went through one body to hit someone else is ... I don’t know. If someone is killed as the result of someone else’s criminal assault, wouldn’t the instigator be charged?
While that night be a Chicago quirk, the civilized world doesn’t imprison people for accidental death during self defense.
Wow, kill a couple people and then sue surviving family on top of it?
Disgraceful.
No, but it certainly does sue them into oblivion.
In many states the law labels any death that clearly results from the commission of a felony as “Felony Murder.” Where Felony Murder falls in the criminal code varies from state to state. In New York it is classified as a form of Second Degree Murder. In Texas it can be prosecuted as Capital Murder.
Police were once upon a time trained to deal with baseball bats. In my youth I remember that sort of confrontation happening more than once and such events ended always with the bat wielder being caught in a chokehold or having his arm dislocated. Now they are trained to just shoot as first response to any perceived threat of any nature.In the old days, though, police would also shoot someone believed to be a fleeing felon. Young punks and old pros knew not to run unless distance and the availability of cover made it at least 50-50 that one would not get a bullet in the back.
I do - you're still liable. Anyone but a cop would have his choice in ammo critically examined, and he'd be sued over it, and lose. Cops are actually allowed extra- powerful loads, which undoubtedly contributed to the ability of the bullet to travel completely through one person and then kill someone else. If you used such a load and did the same thing, you'd be toast for it.
You can thank Rodney King for that.
Why was this woman who had nothing to do with the incident standing next to a cop killer?
Perhaps an expert will weigh in here, but I think part of the problem is due to the de-emphasis of the heavy police baton (the nightstick). I guess the nightstick is now considered to be too crude a device. But it might have been a good option in this case.
So by what name are these law enforcement only bullets marketed under?
Let me cut to the chase. You’re full of it.
Could he possibly be suing to get his side of the story out? What I’d heard before did not mention a baseball bat.
Every policeman involved in a ‘death by cop’ needs to sue the family... enough is enough.
It's called +P law enforcement loads. And it doesn't effect the "bullet," it's the power of the gunpowder load in the ROUND.
Let me cut to the chase - you should at least have the curtesy to study up on a topic before you shill for it.
Google “+P law enforcement load” and you’ll understand where Talisker is coming from.
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