Judge tosses civil case against Chicago officer in shooting
Source: Associated Press
Judge tosses civil case against Chicago officer in shooting
Michael Tarm, Associated Press
Updated 4:57 pm, Thursday, January 21, 2016
CHICAGO (AP) A federal judge again criticized the city of Chicago Thursday for how it dealt with a police-shooting video as he tossed a civil case against one of two officers involved in a fatal 2013 shooting of a black teenager suspected in a carjacking.
Judge Robert Gettleman's ruling cites video of Cedrick Chatman's shooting that was unsealed last week and shows that Officer Lou Toth didn't shoot at the 17-year-old. Gettleman says it also shows Toth could not have stopped his partner, Kevin Fry, from firing the fatal shots.
The civil case, brought by Chatman's mother, will proceed against Fry. Neither officer was ever charged criminally.
Before allowing the video to be made public last week, Gettleman criticized the city for its about-face for battling against its release on legal grounds for months only to suddenly declare that it supported the video release on policy grounds.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Judge-tosses-civil-case-against-Chicago-officer-6774623.php
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)Oink Oink!
branford
(4,462 posts)would you kindly explain an actual legal theory that could sustain any civil liability against Officer Toth?
The officer who actually fired the shots, and could not have been reasonably prevented from doing so, is still in the case.
"Cops are pigs" is not a recognized tort in any jurisdiction in the USA.
Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)One should not be liable for the actions of his partner when it happened that quickly.
Chemisse
(30,816 posts)Luckily for this cop, the video was released and he was cleared from the civil suit.