Legal Opinion
Tyralyn Harris v. New Orleans Police Depart
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 12, 2014No. 13-30337PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES E. GRAVES, JR., Circuit Judge:
On the evening of April 9, 2010, five police officers from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) arrived at Brian Harris’s home after his former wife called 911 when she feared Brian had possibly ingested an overdose of sleeping pills. Mr. Harris had committed no crime and the officers were not there to place him under arrest. After breaching the barricaded door to his bedroom, the officers shot and killed Mr. Harris when he raised a knife above his head and advanced toward them. Mr. Harris’s surviving children filed suit against the officers for…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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