"Although we recognize that our police officers are often asked to make split-second decisions, we expect them to do so with respect for the dignity and worth of black lives," Judge Henry Floyd of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit wrote for Tuesday's unanimous panel.
June 09, 2020 at 04:30 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
In a case about five police officers who shot a homeless black man 22 times as he was motionless on the ground, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday, echoing recent national protests, intoned: “This has to stop.”
The panel, led by Judge Henry Floyd who was joined by Chief Judge Roger Gregory and Judge Stephanie Thacker, reversed a lower court’s award of qualified immunity to the five officers of the city of Martinsburg, West Virginia, police department.
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Thousands march in Washington, D.C., protesting police brutality and the police-involved death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Credit: Diego M. Radzinschi / ALM
