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Policeman to sue family of boy he shot dead
In a case that some may term as unheard of, a Chicago police officer, Robert Rialmo is planning to file a law suit against the family of a 19-year-old black teenager Quintonio LeGrier’s who he shot and killed over a domestic issue.
The police officer is claiming he suffered emotional stress after the incident in which Chicago city police officials also later apologised for the death of Bettie Davis, 55, the teen’s neighbour, who was killed in the crossfire while also stating that Rialmo’s shooting was justified.
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According to the Chicago police, LeGrier was brandishing a baseball bat and threatened the responding officer before he was shot but his family has repeatedly said that there was no need to respond to the mentally disturbed teen with deadly force when all they were doing was only asking for help over a domestic disturbance at their home.
Confirming the suit, Rialmo’s lawyer, Joe Brodsky said that his client plans to file a civil suit against LeGrier’s estate, citing emotional distress and assault over the shooting incident.
The shooting is coming after several complaints and accusations of the police being too ready to pull the trigger on their service weapons which is the subject of a national debate since protests erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, in mid-2014 over the shooting to death of a black teenager, 18-year-old Michael Brown.
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