Legal Opinion
Estate of Rudy Escob v. Brian Marti
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 13, 2012No. 11-2426PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
In the early morning hours of July 19, 2005, Rudy Escobedo became suicidal and ingested cocaine. He dialed 911 and told the operator he had taken cocaine, had a gun to his head, and wanted to kill himself. An emergency response team was dispatched to negotiate with Escobedo and to try to get him to put down his weapon and leave his apartment voluntarily. Negotiations proved unfruitful and the police opted to deploy a tactical response to remove Escobedo from his apartment, as they thought he presented a danger to the community around him. After deploying two volleys of…
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