Police Shooting

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Huntington Beach police officers were entitled to immunity in a mother’s suit stemming from the fatal shooting of her son by police after he brandished a sharp stick and was “haphazardly moving” at people on a soccer field, the Ninth Circuit <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/policeshooting.pdf"><strong>ruled</strong></a>. </span>

PASADENA, Calif. – Huntington Beach police officers were entitled to immunity in a mother’s suit stemming from the fatal shooting of her son by police after he brandished a sharp stick and was “haphazardly moving” at people on a soccer field, the Ninth Circuit ruled .

However, the circuit court determined the lower court improperly granted judgment to the defendants on the mother’s California law battery and negligence claims.

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