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Woman sues Atlanta cops after bodycam footage shows officer break down her door and slam her to the ground after she refused to give chess set back to man who had moved out
Daily Mail ^
| August 16, 2022
| RUTH BASHINSKY
Posted on 08/18/2022 6:33:38 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear
An Atlanta-area woman is suing a police officer after he used excessive force, busting down the door to her home and slamming her to the ground as her son watched in horror after she refused to give the officer a chess set that belonged to the former tenant.
Khanay Yancey filed a federal lawsuit against Clayton County and the Clayton County Police Officer identified as Gregory Tillman.
'I was in total disbelief. I was just shocked once the door came crashing in and he [the officer] just grabbed me,' Yancey said as she spoke about the unprovoked attack that took place at Independence Drive in Clayton County in 2019.
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KEYWORDS: donutwatch; gregoryfayzontillman; gregorytillman; homeinvasion
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The officer in question has been denied qualified immunity.
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
The officer in question has been denied qualified immunity. Good...because this was essentially a civil matter.
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posted on
08/18/2022 6:35:22 PM PDT
by
lightman
(I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
That dude shouldn’t be a cop.
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posted on
08/18/2022 6:37:21 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
So that’s got them in check?
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posted on
08/18/2022 6:37:40 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
To: blackdog
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posted on
08/18/2022 6:40:54 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: blackdog
The officer is no rookie.
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posted on
08/18/2022 6:51:32 PM PDT
by
libh8er
To: blackdog
Yep.
Once qualified immunity is invoked you can not sue the government employee no matter what.
Even his own department found he was in the wrong. But they did not fire him.
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posted on
08/18/2022 6:52:27 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
officer said he broke the door down ... because he was scared for his life!???!
yeah... FIRE HIM! SUE HIM! and JAIL HIM!
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
The fact that they at first voted to fire him and then changed that to a 3 day suspension caused me to wonder if that was on the advice of legal counsel either for the obvious lawsuit to come or because of union contracts.
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posted on
08/18/2022 6:59:22 PM PDT
by
Valpal1
(Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Perfect candidate for the new irs.
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posted on
08/18/2022 6:59:57 PM PDT
by
Qwapisking
("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" LStar)
To: Qwapisking
Can't argue.
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posted on
08/18/2022 7:06:42 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
To: blackdog
They treated her like an en pissant.
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posted on
08/18/2022 7:14:58 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(lazy FReepers don't have a homepage.)
To: BipolarBob
He should have been charged with castling her castle.
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posted on
08/18/2022 7:16:01 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(lazy FReepers don't have a homepage.)
To: libh8er
He just pawn in game of life.
To: BipolarBob
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posted on
08/18/2022 7:19:32 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BipolarBob
Well played ..... (pronoun of your choice)
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posted on
08/18/2022 7:22:07 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
To: libh8er
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posted on
08/18/2022 7:23:21 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Should also be criminally charged. He committed breaking and entering, battery, illegal detention and probably much more. No reasonable officer would act in this manner.
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posted on
08/18/2022 8:02:42 PM PDT
by
gunnut
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Don’t mess with the black queen.
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posted on
08/18/2022 8:10:58 PM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: gundog
And if you do get a lawyer that is competent.
Having spent the last hour or so reading the court documents (yes, I am a nerd) it seems he lost because on some things, he did not even argue that he was right.
That is kind of chilling.
If he had a lawyer that had covered all the bases, even though the facts would have remained the same there is a good chance he would have gotten his "qualified immunity".
And since the department declined to give him any thing but a minor slap on the wrist that would have been the extent of his punishment.
For assaulting an innocent woman in her own home.
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posted on
08/18/2022 8:24:32 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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