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Family of Chechen shot dead during interrogation sues FBI for $30m
Source: The Guardian
Family of Chechen shot dead during interrogation sues FBI for $30m
Richard Luscombe in Miami
Monday 2 March 2015 18.26 GMT
The family of an unarmed Chechen national who was shot dead in controversial circumstances by an FBI agent at his Florida apartment two years ago announced on Monday they were filing a $30m wrongful death lawsuit against the bureau.
Separate investigations by the Department of Justice and a senior Florida prosecutor concluded that special agent Aaron McFarlane was acting in self-defence when he shot and killed Ibragim Todashev, a friend of the Boston marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, during an interrogation in Orlando in May 2013.
But in legal papers filed by the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) on behalf of Todashev’s family, the FBI is accused of a number of missteps that led to the “illegal” killing, including negligence in hiring an agent with a history of lawsuits against him for misconduct and false arrest.
“We are seeking answers and justice for someone who was shot seven times by an FBI agent in his own home after hours of interrogation,” said Thania Diaz Clevenger, civil rights director for Cair Florida.
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Richard Luscombe in Miami
Monday 2 March 2015 18.26 GMT
The family of an unarmed Chechen national who was shot dead in controversial circumstances by an FBI agent at his Florida apartment two years ago announced on Monday they were filing a $30m wrongful death lawsuit against the bureau.
Separate investigations by the Department of Justice and a senior Florida prosecutor concluded that special agent Aaron McFarlane was acting in self-defence when he shot and killed Ibragim Todashev, a friend of the Boston marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, during an interrogation in Orlando in May 2013.
But in legal papers filed by the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) on behalf of Todashev’s family, the FBI is accused of a number of missteps that led to the “illegal” killing, including negligence in hiring an agent with a history of lawsuits against him for misconduct and false arrest.
“We are seeking answers and justice for someone who was shot seven times by an FBI agent in his own home after hours of interrogation,” said Thania Diaz Clevenger, civil rights director for Cair Florida.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/02/family-chechen-shot-dead-sues-fbi-30m-ibragim-todashev
