Posted on 03/12/2021 1:20:41 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
READING, Pa. (AP) — The state of Pennsylvania will pay $475,000 to the estate of a man who died underneath a bulldozer that Pennsylvania State Police had used to chase him for growing a handful of marijuana plants, according to a settlement revealed in court Thursday.
Gregory Longenecker, a 51-year-old short-order cook and Grateful Dead fan, had fled into thick brush after being caught growing 10 marijuana plants on public land near Reading. His body was found under the treads of a Pennsylvania Game Commission bulldozer that state police had commandeered in pursuit.
The lawsuit by Longenecker’s family contended that state police and the game commission took “crazy and lethal action” against an unarmed man who posed no threat, then destroyed or withheld evidence to cover it up.
The plaintiffs’ attorney, Jordan Strokovsky, said outside court Thursday that Longenecker’s family is pleased with the settlement but wants “sweeping reforms to prevent such an excessive show of force and tragedy like this in the future.”
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Ask a lawyer what the dollar value of a toddler is to a court of law.
A dope-growing cook isn’t going to have a high dollar value with one trade being illegal. Plus, his actions contributed to his accidental death.
A dope-growing cook isn’t going to have a high dollar value with one trade being illegal. Plus, his actions contributed to his accidental death.
Are you kidding? They get the biggest bucks of all. Ask the family of fentenal abuser George Floyd, $27 million dollar pay off for commiting death by drug overdose!
That is absolutely disgusting.
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