Supreme Court docket says wrongful death lawsuit towards Dallas officers can go ahead

DALLAS - The high court docket will allow a wrongful loss of life lawsuit to proceed towards the city of Dallas and four law enforcement officials.

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

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

The town fought in opposition to releasing body digital camera video and whit it did come out it was obvious 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 health worker said that contributed to his loss of life.

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

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

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"The choice implies that the case can proceed to trial and that there will likely be no more delays from any appellate courtroom. Additionally, the decision signifies that the Fifth Circuit did it right that their ruling relating to deadly power would be the legislation of the land at least in Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana for so long as we all know," stated Geoff Henley, an attorney for Timpa’s household.

Those are the states lined by the Fifth Circuit Courtroom of Appeals ruling allowing the go well with to proceed.

Three years ago, the Dallas district attorney dropped criminal prices towards three of the officers.             

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