Disturbing shooting

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court in Mississippi denied a sheriff deputy’s request for immunity in this lawsuit arising from his videotaped killing of a man who was repeatedly begging officers to shoot him. He says he feared for his life when he shot the shirtless suspect, who wielded a pointed fence post. The video shows the man was “clearly” having a mental or emotional crisis, but he never verbally threatened the officers and the court says the fence post was not brandished threateningly.