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.

  • @ripcord
    5•3 hours ago

    Phillips, who relied heavily on evidence presented in the criminal case, noted that Lamb kicked over a barricade to get into the backyard and had no legal reason to be there.

    I’m confused. Lamb kicked over a barricade to get into his own backyard, and had no legal reason to be there? The backyard that the title says the cops shot him in and that was his…?

    Edit: OK, read a better article, this should say DeValkenaere. Which is what I figured, but wtf AP?