The family of a pregnant woman who was shot and killed by police in Colorado have filed a lawsuit against the police officers who were on the scene.

Destinee Thompson was supposed to be on her way to lunch with her stepmother in August 2021 when Colorado police, mistaking her for a robbery suspect, fatally shot the pregnant mother as she fled in her minivan.

  • MicroWave@lemmy.worldOP
    35·
    1 year ago

    Frustrated by the district attorney’s decision last year not to charge the officers, Thompson’s family filed a wrongful death and excessive force lawsuit on Tuesday against five officers from the Denver suburb of Arvada who were present when she was killed.

    • 30mag@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      Qualified immunity is bad, but not pressing charges when you are able to and ought to is arguably worse.