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  • Thornton Police Kill City Employee

    04/01/2005 10:04:33 PM PST · by scab4faa · 26 replies · 1,183+ views
    THORNTON, Colo. -- Thornton police said they shot and killed a city employee Friday while conducting a welfare check on the man after the employee pulled a gun on them. Police would not identify the employee or say what department he worked for. According to police, they went to the man's residence in the Thornton Mobile Estates at 3600 E. 88th Ave., on "city administrative business" at about 5 p.m. Based on information they had, they said they entered the residence to check on the man's welfare after he failed to answer the door. The first officer into the residence...
  • 'Scared to death' settled for 1.6M

    10/29/2003 10:21:39 AM PST · by yonif · 42 replies · 450+ views
    NY Daily News ^ | October 29, 2003 | HELEN PETERSON and LEO STANDORA
    The city has agreed to pay $1.6 million to the family of a woman who was scared to death after cops mistakenly burst into her Harlem apartment and exploded a flash grenade in a bungled raid, it was announced yesterday. The deal settles a $500 million lawsuit filed in May by 57-year-old Alberta Spruill's two sisters and a niece. "While compensation cannot bring Ms. Spruill back, it nevertheless reflects the city's sorrow over her unintended and tragic death," said Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo. Neither family members nor their attorney, former O.J. Simpson Dream Team lawyer Johnnie Cochran, could be reached...