Supreme Court says wrongful death lawsuit against Dallas officers can go forward

DALLAS - The excessive court docket will enable a wrongful demise lawsuit to proceed against the city of Dallas and 4 cops.

The family of a person who died in police custody in 2016 sued.

Tony Timpa known as police for help as he had a drug and mental health crisis.

Town fought in opposition to releasing physique digicam video and whit it did come out it was obvious why. It confirmed the officers mocking the dying man.

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One had his knee on Timpa’s back and neck for almost 15 minutes and the health worker mentioned that contributed to his dying.

Town of Dallas argued the officers are legally shielded from lawsuits.

The Supreme Court docket upheld a federal appeals court’s ruling that can allow the case to proceed.

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"The choice means that the case can proceed to trial and that there will likely be no more delays from any appellate court. Also, the choice means that the Fifth Circuit did it proper that their ruling relating to deadly drive would be the regulation of the land at the very least in Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana for so long as we know," stated Geoff Henley, an attorney for Timpa’s household.

Those are the states coated by the Fifth Circuit Court docket of Appeals ruling allowing the go well with to proceed.

Three years in the past, the Dallas district attorney dropped prison prices towards three of the officers.             

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