From [HERE] A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Union City and one of its police officers by the father of an unarmed man shot twice in the back during an arrest in December. The civil lawsuit comes after grand jury decided not to issue an indictment in the case. Bobby Abbot, the father of Ariston Waiters, filed the wrongful death lawsuit against Union City and Officer Luther Lewis Friday in Fulton County State Court.

The unarmed Waiters, 19, was killed after an altercation with officer Lewis on the night of Dec. 14. He was shot twice in the back.  Union City police officials have maintained that Lewis was justified in his actions, saying in a statement released in January that Waiters "grabbed the officer's service weapon" as he was being handcuffed. He was being taken into custody in connection with a report of shots being fired. "The investigation that began Wednesday night ... was an attempt to cover up what really happened," attorney Mawuli Mel Davis said. "One eyewitness confirmed to us that her statement [to police] was torn up."

Davis said there was "never a face-to-face fight or discussion" between Waiters and the officer, as police have alleged. Waiters ran when he saw police arrive on the scene, Davis said, but he did not engage the officer. So why did Waiters flee? Witnesses say Ariston Waiters wasn't involved in the fight but took off running when officers arrived. They say an officer shot him as he fled the scene. 

His friend Xavier Tyes told WSB that Waiters only ran because he had a warrant out for his arrest. He said: "Everybody out here could tell you they didn't see that man fight the officer." "Young black men don't trust the police," said former Atlanta City Councilman Derrick Boazman, speaking for Waiters' family. "It's a normal reaction for them to run when they see the cops."