Fatal Mississippi police shooting: Judge dismisses $35M suit
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) " A federal judge on Monday dismissed a civil lawsuit that sought $35 million in damages from a Mississippi city and a white police officer in the disputed 2016 shooting death of a black man, leaving his relatives "dumbfounded."U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock ruled that the relatives of the man, Antwun "Ronnie" Shumpert, hadn't presented enough proof against the northeast Mississippi city of Tupelo or Officer Tyler Cook to move forward to trial. She wrote that [...]
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