Posted on 08/14/2024 9:32:08 PM PDT by grundle
The family of a man fatally shot by a Connecticut police officer as he tried to flee in a stolen car while being attacked by a police dog has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and called Wednesday for a federal civil rights investigation of the department.
The mother and sister of Mike Alexander-Garcia Jr. joined their lawyers at a news conference, criticizing the officer's actions and alleging racial profiling by West Hartford police in the deadly confrontation in August 2023. They said they are seeking justice and accountability.
"To the officer who took my son’s life, you can’t comprehend the pain and loss you have inflicted on our family," his mother, Jacqueline Garcia, said in a statement. “I hope that through this tragedy there can be reflection and change so that no other family endures the heartache we are experiencing.”
Lawyers for Alexander-Garcia's family notified the town that they are seeking damages that could top $75 million.
Authorities said the series of events unfolded on Aug. 8, 2023, after a license plate reader alerted police to a stolen car. Officers chased the car, which crashed into two other vehicles and became disabled. Police said they caught another man who was driving the stolen car, while Alexander-Garcia ran away.
Alexander-Garcia, 34, then tried to carjack two vehicles before running into a car tire shop and hopping into a sport utility vehicle that was being serviced, police said.
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> [Officer] Teeter fired several shots into Alexander-Garcia’s back. <
The dead guy was complete trash. He was driving a stolen car. And he tried to carjack numerous vehicles. But the into-the-back thing is going to get the cop and the town into a heap of trouble.
Not a dime. Not one thin dime. Officer Teeter has saved some future victim from the man’s rampage.
CT is white rich leftist people country. They should be sued. They hate brown people. They are racists.
>> alleging racial profiling
which is racially profiling the LEOs
I would guess the UK people had to grind their teeth and clench their fists over one case after another of soft on crime and hard on citizens and police.
They were bullied and arrested for expressing questions in emails and social media. Only the rights of the Muslims and immigrants were honored.
Then they exploded into rage.
Americans will allow this to go on only so long.
Good shooting. One less criminal on the streets.
Police department should send the family a bill for the bullet.
“The family of a man fatally shot by a Connecticut police officer as he tried to flee in a stolen car while being attacked by a police dog has filed a wrongful death lawsuit...
Sounds like a rightful death to me.
Goes away on Summary Judgment.
He was an aspiring rapper, just turning his life around.
well....apparently he WAS turning his life around...just not in his own car. oops.
Alexander-Garcia, 34, tried and failed to carjack two vehicles to escape, then ran into a tire shop, hopped in, and stole a SUV that was being serviced.
The guy was in a hurry.......he was rushing to attend a George Floyd beatification ceremony.
In a hurry to give the Valedictorian speech at graduation
Valedictorian, you say?
Guy’s really impressive.
Once you CHOOSE to Resist Arrest EVERYTHING that follows is on YOU. You’ll find Sympathy between “Shit” and “Syphilis” in the Dictionary.
Hypothetical: During the course of the perp's rampage, Private Citizen Teeter shoots the perp in the back while the perp is fleeing from Private Citizen Teeter.
What should happen to Private Citizen Teeter? Should the family of the deceased perp receive even one thin dime from Private Citizen Teeter?
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