Tribal cop involved in fatal shooting of teen is also target of another lawsuit
Saturday, September 4, 2004 at 07:38PM
TheSpook
Killed 17-year-old on reservation A tribal police officer being investigated for
shooting a teenager to death is also the target of a separate probe
into a civil rights violation. Norman Boney Junior, 17, also known as
"Manny," was shot twice in July by Walker River Paiute Indian
Reservation tribal police officer Walter Valline in the Las Vegas town
of Schurz. He died at the scene. A later examination showed Boney was
hit in the neck and the right side. Valline is being sued for violating
the rights of a motorist during a traffic stop in Crescent Valley in
August 2003, according to the Lahontan Valley News. The suit alleges
Valline assumed the motorist had been drinking and illegally searched
his vehicle. The motorist was let go a short time later. Valline was
working for the Eureka County Sheriff's Office at the time. [more ] and [more ]
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