Supreme Courtroom says wrongful death lawsuit in opposition to Dallas officers can go ahead

DALLAS - The high court will enable a wrongful death lawsuit to proceed against town of Dallas and four law enforcement officials.

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

Tony Timpa called police for assist as he had a drug and mental well being crisis.

The town fought against releasing physique digicam video and whit it did come out it was apparent why. It showed the officers mocking the dying man.

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One had his knee on Timpa’s again and neck for almost quarter-hour and the health worker said that contributed to his death.

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

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

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"The choice means that the case can proceed to trial and that there can be no more delays from any appellate court docket. Additionally, the choice implies that the Fifth Circuit did it proper that their ruling relating to deadly force will be the legislation of the land at the least in Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana for as long as we know," said Geoff Henley, an lawyer for Timpa’s family.

Those are the states coated by the Fifth Circuit Courtroom of Appeals ruling permitting the swimsuit to proceed.

Three years ago, the Dallas district lawyer dropped legal fees against three of the officers.             

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