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.
Hit the target, a moving target I imagine.
JHP is the safer alternative for LEO’s in urban areas.
People are sued for causing accidents all the time. Think about someone who negligence might have caused a slip-and-fall accident, for example. Such a person would not be arrested, but he would be sued in civil court.
From reading the article would you have the police officer get his head bashed in instead of taking a reasonable defense of life shot?
I didn't read the article. That's why I made no comment on the legality of shooting baseball bat guy. But I guess if I were on a jury, it would all depend on how far away baseball bat guy was from the cop, if he was threatening the neighbor, and whether or not he was advancing towards the cop.
“I didn’t read the article. That’s why I made no comment on the legality of shooting baseball bat guy. But I guess if I were on a jury, it would all depend on how far away baseball bat guy was from the cop, if he was threatening the neighbor, and whether or not he was advancing towards the cop. “
V.G.!
Maybe. . but if I was shooting at some guy that is trying to bash my head with a baseball bat, no load is too big. . .
The officer carries the round/load his department issues him. Wonder what was the selection process on selecting the round/load.
Understood.
However, in this case, based on the article, negligence was not a factor.
You may use deadly force when defending your life or the life of another. . .so, if the crazy baseball bat wielding thug was swinging on you or some other person, oh well, hate to sound heartless, but too bad for the bad guy.
Cheers.
Hey. . .it is FR tradition to not read the article.
;-)
It’s a departmental selection, usually informed by the armorer, who, using the best available stats and research, along with the specific character of the bailiwick, makes the call...subject to Chief’s approval.
It is also a condition of my federal parole.
(just kidding...maybe)
You could be right.
Sometimes, though, it seems that whoever can claim to be the victim first gets the advantage.
That’s a pretty sick thing. It’s a new level of selfish amorality.
So often the difference between “may” and “must” gets forgotten. It used to be believed that there was an element of good humanity which we might otherwise know as chivalry. To try to recover a situation with a viewpoint more like God’s than like people’s. Which would take a risk for the sake of lessening the tragedy even of a wrongdoer. This in fact was based on a Christian ethic. But as Christian faith become more and more an empty churchgoing practice, its influence has waned.
Hey everyone, check out the thirteen year old girl being an @ss.
+P, in California.
You know the gunpowder pushes the bullet out, right? That can be made more powerful. It's a physics thing, don't let it worry your little head. And as for gun laws, you've heard of California, right? It's the State on the left coast. Look it up.
You mean you didn't know already? You had to ask an ace researcher? And the ammo is, in fact, restricted to LE only by the manufacturer? And actually illegal in San Francisco, California?
Fancy that.
Nicely phrased.
Thanks. That's exactly where I was coming from. Too many trigger happy idiots around here, blasting away with friendly fire.
Then why do manufacturers restrict it to LEOs? To deny quality and reliability to everyone else?
Of course not. That higher quality is used to ensure measurably higher fps, as you well know. Stop lying.
You paint with an extraordinarily broad brush. Off the rails of reason.
It seems that way... it's almost that anything taken to an extreme becomes corrupted.
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