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thewayneThe jerk who called the Wichita cops in December 2017 that prompted the SWAT deployment that resulted in the death of 28 year old Andrew Finch, well, he is serving 20 years. The other man in the argument has probably completed his prison sentence, he gave the jerk his old address.
A couple of things have happened. First, a court has ruled that the City and Police Department of Wichita cannot be sued in the matter, their policies and response were not inappropriate. That is sad, but at least the matter was looked in to by theoretically independent and neutral third parties.
But that's not the biggie.
A court, and held up by a Federal court, has revoked the qualified immunity of the police officer that fired the fatal round that killed Finch! From the KWCH article: "A U.S. appeals court sided with the Kansas district court in denying Officer Rapp qualified immunity in Finch’s death[.] The court said a reasonable jury could believe Finch was unarmed and unthreatening when Rapp fired the shot that killed him."
The family is suing the officer for wrongful death damages and now it looks like that trial will proceed.
https://www.kwch.com/2022/07/05/wichita-officer-face-civil-trial-deadly-shooting-swatting-call/
A couple of things have happened. First, a court has ruled that the City and Police Department of Wichita cannot be sued in the matter, their policies and response were not inappropriate. That is sad, but at least the matter was looked in to by theoretically independent and neutral third parties.
But that's not the biggie.
A court, and held up by a Federal court, has revoked the qualified immunity of the police officer that fired the fatal round that killed Finch! From the KWCH article: "A U.S. appeals court sided with the Kansas district court in denying Officer Rapp qualified immunity in Finch’s death[.] The court said a reasonable jury could believe Finch was unarmed and unthreatening when Rapp fired the shot that killed him."
The family is suing the officer for wrongful death damages and now it looks like that trial will proceed.
https://www.kwch.com/2022/07/05/wichita-officer-face-civil-trial-deadly-shooting-swatting-call/
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Date: 2022-08-15 01:03 am (UTC)There are far too many police shootings. Allegedly there is training in de-escalation, clearly it is not enough. The real problem is there isn't enough TRAINING. In Germany, police are in their academy for two to four YEARS, just like university. Now THAT is training!