A judge has ruled the APD officer who killed Michael Ramos in 2020 will not be protected by qualified immunity in the civil suit filed against him, daustinsanders reports
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Brenda Ramos filed the civil action on Dec. 30, 2020, after Taylor shot and killed her son in one of the highest profile shootings in recent APD history. U.S. District Judgeissued an order Dec. 18 denying a motion by the defense that would have dismissed the suit entirely. Pitman also denied and granted motions made by the city’s attorneys regarding claims against the city.
Plaintiffs have to show that the defendant violated a “clearly established” constitutional right or legal precedent backed up by case law and evidence that a “reasonable person” in the officer’s position would have known their actions were not legally justified. QI is often invoked by police officers in excessive force lawsuits and it is a notoriously difficult standard for plaintiffs to overcome.
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