White officer who fatally shot Black man shouldn't have been in his backyard, judge rules in suit
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A federal judge has partially sided with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a now-imprisoned white Kansas City, Missouri, police detective. U.S.

A federal judge has partially sided with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a now-imprisoned white Kansas City, Missouri, police detective, ruling that the officer should not have entered the man’s backyard.

U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips ruled Wednesday that Eric DeValkenaere violated 26-year-old Cameron Lamb’s Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure by entering his property in 2019 without a warrant or other legal reason to be there.

However, Phillips declined to issue a summary judgment on the family’s claim that the ensuing shooting amounted to excessive force, and made no immediate decision on any damages in the wrongful death case filed against the Kansas City police board and DeValkenaere.

  • BappityEnglish
    50•5 months ago

    PARTIALLY SIDED?

      • @gdog05
        10•5 months ago

        And that’s where things usually break down. Where nothing of reasonable consequence will happen to an officer/murderer. The fact that this part is news. When a judge rules against a police officer’s conduct when blatantly in the wrong (and that happens all the goddamn time)… Well that just speaks volumes.

        • Ellia PlisskenEnglish
          11•5 months ago

          correct me if I’m wrong, but this is in reference to a civil suit. the ruling has nothing to do with him being locked up

          • @gdog05
            9•5 months ago

            You are absolutely right. I couldn’t get the article to load and found another one. I’m totally wrong.

        • RubberDuck
          7•5 months ago

          More likely this is the judge signalling to the city they better get a deal on the table the family can/will accept or it might happen and set a precedent.