Family files $25M claim in police killing of Pasco man (no gun or knife)

[uppityperson]

There are videos and many witnesses. He should not have been throwing rocks, but the cops shot him when he turned as he was running away. Not a threat when they shot him. Witnesses say at least 13 shots.

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2025696234_pascocopshootingxml.html

The widow and daughters of the rock-throwing man shot and killed Tuesday by Pasco police filed a $25 million wrongful-death claim against the city Friday as police and prosecutors promised a thorough and objective investigation into the killing.

The claim alleges that 35-year-old orchard worker Antonio Zambrano-Montes “posed no danger” to the three officers who followed him across a busy downtown intersection during rush-hour and shot him to death on a sidewalk as he moved away. Prosecutors and police on Friday confirmed Zambrano-Montes was not carrying a firearm or a knife when he was killed.

The officers had responded to a 911 report of a man throwing rocks at cars and Zambrano-Montes struggled with one officer before two others arrived. Police say two officers were struck by rocks and said the man’s behavior was erratic and threatening.

His was the fourth fatal police shooting in this community of 68,000 since last summer and has sparked national outrage and local protests, due in large part to graphic cellphone video posted by one witness on YouTube that has been viewed more than 925,000 times....

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Let the good burghers of Pasco pay for their police misbehavior.

Maybe they'll eventually rein in the killer cops.

[msongs]

5. let the union pay for their criminal membership. nt

[GummyBearz]

2. There needs to be a way

to collect damages from the cops personally.

I used to not have this opinion, but the non-stop recent BS killings by cops is making me change my mind. Even if the family wins a few million dollars, its paid by the city and the cops have no real consequences... when they obviously should be arrested and charged with murder since there IS A VIDEO OF THEM KILLING SOMEONE. But cops protect their own, and the DAs all seem to be in on the deal as well.... at least let the family get financial damages from the murderers, not the city tax payers.

[panader0]

3. I saw the video

The guy put his hands up and turned around in surrender. Then got blasted. Throwing rocks at cars? Stupid and criminal,
but he should have been seen as disturbed, or drunk, not a deadly threat.

[libdem4life]

4. Dash cams, body cams, cell phones ... technology may be the best hope for "seeing"

what has been going on for a long time. Accountability is a powerful restraint.