Supreme Court docket says wrongful loss of life lawsuit towards Dallas officers can go ahead

DALLAS - The high court will permit a wrongful death lawsuit to proceed against town of Dallas and four cops.

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

Tony Timpa called police for help as he had a drug and mental well being crisis.

Town fought against releasing body digicam video and whit it did come out it was apparent why. It showed the officers mocking the dying man.

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One had his knee on Timpa’s again and neck for nearly 15 minutes and the medical expert mentioned that contributed to his dying.

The town of Dallas argued the officers are legally protected from lawsuits.

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

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"The decision implies that the case can proceed to trial and that there shall be no more delays from any appellate court docket. Additionally, the choice means that the Fifth Circuit did it right that their ruling relating to deadly power would be the law of the land a minimum of in Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana for so long as we know," stated Geoff Henley, an lawyer for Timpa’s family.

These are the states covered by the Fifth Circuit Court docket of Appeals ruling allowing the swimsuit to proceed.

Three years ago, the Dallas district lawyer dropped criminal expenses towards three of the officers.             

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