Family Sues City of Portland and Police -- Unarmed Black Man Shot Dead
Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 03:37AM
TheSpook
The family of an
unarmed black motorist who was shot and killed by police has filed a
$10 million lawsuit against the city of Portland and two of its
officers. Spokesman for both the city and the police said that they
hadn't seen the lawsuit filed Monday in Multnomah County Circuit Court,
and so couldn't offer substantive comment. Elden Rosenthal, who is
representing the family of James Jahar Perez, said the lawsuit filed in
Multnomah County Circuit Court Monday isn't about money. "There are
bigger issues here," Rosenthal said. "The question of whether there
will be change or not. We are still in the same situation we were in in
March after two African American motorists had been shot and killed." [more]
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