Family Sues Police After Son Shot Dead

[Faline]

A family has filed suit against the Marion County Sheriff's Office for the death of their son.

The lawsuit alleges Joshua Salvato was "murdered" by deputies in July while walking along side of the road in Summerfield.

According to reports, a female deputy was called to the scene because he seemed suspicious. She told him to empty his pockets, which contained only bread.

Salvato's attorneys said when he tried to walk away a scuffle ensued.

Dashcam video showed Salvato kneel down in front of Deputy Lauren Miley and then lay face down in the grass.

As Deputy Norman Brown attempted to handcuff him, Salvato tries to get away and gets into a fist fight with the deputies.

The video shows Salvato break free and Miley shoot and kill the unarmed man.

According to a grand jury report, after Salvato was shot, Brown continued to use a stun gun on him at least a dozen times in the next five minutes.

A grand jury ruled the shooting was justified but questioned some of the deputy's tactics. The sheriff's office said it was immediately expanding its self-defense training for deputies.

The suit is seeking damages in excess of $75,000.

[Betty White]

Stupid fucking cunt. Dude had no weapon and was WELL within tazing range. She should be behind bars, god damn that makes me mad.

[1970johnnyhunter]

the dude punched her fat ass and it pissed her off. she was too fat and out of shape to execute the correct tactics. so she just pulls her weapon and pops him. yes he was fighting with them. had she shot him then, fine. but she shot him as he was backing away and he posed no immediate threat. just a dumb broad.

[the hawk]

"A grand jury wants Marion County to change the way it trains deputies following the release of dash-cam video that shows a deputy shooting and killing an unarmed man in July.

Witnesses said Salvato was stepping into traffic and yelling at cars as deputies arrived.

In the dash-cam video, Salvato can be seen punching and beating deputies Norman Brown and Lauren Miley, but as he backed away from the two, Miley drew her gun and fired.

Not realizing Salvato had been shot, Brown then shot the 21-year-old with a Taser, but officials said that did not contribute to his death.

The grand jury determined the fatal shooting didn't justify criminal charges, but they want Marion County to change its training procedures, concerned about how quickly that deputy drew her gun.

"We said, 'You know, let's go with what they're saying,'" said Judge Cochran of the Marion County Sheriff's Office. "We've had training in place for years."

In its report, the grand jury was concerned the Sheriff's Office had reduced deputy training from40 hours to 24 hours per year. Additionally, the deputies didn't have ongoing training dealing with physical confrontations, commonly referred to as RedSuit training.

"It's such an aggressive training, so we had deputies we had to pull from patrol for them to recuperate," said Cochran."It's also not required training, but it will return."

This new adjustment means deputies will receive four times the training required by the state."


Three things that get me about this video

1: The female cop shoots him as he is apparently running off

2: Afterwards, you clearly se the male cop pull out a taser and point it at him. If he was unarmed, why shoot him with a gun? This just goes to show the reckless gun-ho rootin tootin ridiculous attitude of Americans and their gun culture

3: How the fuck are these people allowed to be police officers? Look at how fat they are! If these people tried to join the police force here in the UK, or indeed anywhere in Europe, they would be laughed at and turned away. How are they gonna chase anyone? Or pass a fitness test? Or fight and subdue drunkards in the town at night? Or do they just shoot everyone in America?


Sort your fucking shit out America. Seriously.

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Disgraceful

[the hawk]

Sorry, just realised this is in the wrong section

[ermahgerd]

I'm glad he gave that fatass a good beating before getting blasted

[pussydoodle]

dont punch people with guns

[rambo19]

How many vidsos have we all seen on here where the police officer does not draw their weapon and ends up dead.

I make the police officer right.

[the hawk]

Originally Posted by rambo19

How many vidsos have we all seen on here where the police officer does not draw their weapon and ends up dead.

I make the police officer right.

What the fuck was wrong with their tasers then?

Did they have them stuck on 'massage' or something, so they had to kill an unarmed man instead?

They're not even fit to be traffic wardens.

You telling me this wouldn't have subdued him

[the hawk]

Originally Posted by pussydoodle

dont punch people with guns

don't shoot people without guns.

that was murder. nothing less.

At the very least she should be stripped of her badge. And then shipped off to fat camp with the rest of the nation