Fairfax pays $2.95 million to settle suit in John Geer police killing

[Weston White]

Fairfax pays $2.95 million to settle suit in John Geer police killing

The unaccountable death of John Geer

John B. Geer had hands up when shot by police, four officers say in documents​

Criminal charges on the officer Torres are still pending.

ETA:

“It was not accidental,” Torres told investigators. “No, it was justified. I have no doubt about that at all. I don’t feel sorry for shooting the guy at all.”

 

[Weston White]

Another case from 2011: Culosi family to receive $2 million from Fairfax.

The death of Salvatore J. Culosi, a 37-year-old optometrist who lived in the Fair Oaks area, sparked outrage over the use of a SWAT team to arrest a man suspected of the nonviolent crime of taking bets on football games. Fairfax police were aware that Culosi had no criminal history or connection to weapons.

The SWAT officer who fired the shot, Deval V. Bullock, said his .45-caliber pistol accidentally discharged Jan. 24, 2006, after his vehicle door bumped his left side as he aimed at Culosi with his right hand, causing a sympathetic reflex response.

 

[aGameOfThrones]

Accidents.... Accidents everywhere....

 

[Ronin Truth]

Just had to keep it under $3 million, eh?

 

[phill4paul]

Accidents.... Accidents everywhere....

OSHA needs some oversight WRT L.E.O. Make sure that they only have one bullet and that it is kept in their buttoned shirt pocket unless instructed by their superior to load it.

 

[devil21]

If anybody can afford it, it's Fairfax. As someone very familiar with that area it's been a bit of a litmus test for me to see if police shootings are really on the uptick or if it's just media coverage of them that's up.

Yep, shootings are up. Fairfax was a always somewhat of a police state area, with cops looking for reasons to mess with people. What they didn't have was shooting incidents. Now that has changed...