10/31 Federman & Sherwood Announces that Federal Court finds City of Bixby Police Shooting of a 16 Year Old Boy was Unnecessary and Violated His Constitutional Rights
A federal court in Tulsa, Oklahoma found that a police officer’s shooting death of a 16 year-old boy was unnecessary. The Tulsa County DA refused to prosecute the officer. Judge Gregory K. Frizzel, in citing precedence for the decision, held “… an officer’s use of deadly force without probably cause to believe that a suspect, while driving a vehicle, presents a serious threat of physical harm to himself or others is a violation of clearly established law.” The Opinion and Order was filed in the case styled Tiffany Simpson v. Jon Little, et al., filed in the United States District […]