Family appeals ruling that threw out lawsuit over 2017 BIA shooting death in North Dakota
Time:2024-05-22 09:58:44 Source:entertainmentViews(143)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Children of a man shot and killed in 2017 during a highway traffic stop on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation are appealing a judge’s decision to throw out their wrongful death lawsuit.
In 2019, the three siblings, acting through their mother, sued Bureau of Indian Affairs Officer Raymond Webb, another BIA officer who was later dismissed from the lawsuit and the federal government in connection with the Oct. 23, 2017, shooting death of their father, 35-year-old George “Ryan” Gipp Jr. The family sought damages to be determined by the judge at trial.
Webb used his Taser twice on Gipp, then fired 17 rounds, according to court documents from both sides. Gipp was fatally shot. The shooting took place south of Fort Yates, North Dakota, along State Highway 24 on the reservation.
U.S. Justice Department attorneys said Webb’s uses of the Taser and deadly force were “reasonable and justified.” They said Gipp’s actions, such as ignoring the officers’ commands and “repeatedly reaching into a weighed-down hoodie pocket,” “heightened the perceived threat level.” After Webb used his Taser, Gipp ran behind the other officer’s vehicle and pulled “a black, shiny object” from his pocket that Webb reasonably believed was a gun, according to the government.
Previous:UK court rules that extension of UK police powers to intervene in protests is unlawful
Next:Ecuador: Fire department honors five rescue dogs during retirement
You may also like
- Iran's nuclear policy unlikely to change even after president's death
- Morel hits tiebreaking HR off Díaz in 9th and Cubs top Mets 3
- Deepfake of principal's voice is the latest case of AI being used for harm
- IMF approves immediate release of final $1.1 billion tranche of $3 billion bailout to Pakistan
- Australia's deputy prime minister pledges support to Solomon Islands during visit to Honiara
- Michael Sheen looks unrecognisable as Prince Andrew in first look at Amazon's A Very Royal Scandal
- President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador discuss migration in latest call
- Elon Musk visits China as Tesla seeks self
- Tennessee latest state to mandate automatic defibrillators at high schools