Tony Timba
I just want to put this out here so *I* don’t forget. I somehow hadn’t heard of Tony Timba until like two weeks ago. This is an egregious Floyd like case of a man killed by cops. But only Floyd, here there was also a cover up and there was no accountability. Cops did nothing wrong, they say. I disagree.
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The lawsuit was tossed out a couple of weeks ago due to qualified immunity. So multiple cops, with a supervisor on scene, go 14 minutes without using the recovery position and there is not even a chance of a legal recourse (barring appeal).
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/federal-judge-tosses-excessive-force-suit-against-five-dallas-officers-in-tony-timpa-case/2402580/
Appeals court has overturned and said the case can go to trial. City of Dallas has, of course, appealed. Link below.
Side note – the spelling is “Timpa” (search engines aren’t finding this).
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/12/29/police-force-officers-killed-him-when-he-asked-help/9024452002/