Legal Opinion
Sherry Wilkerson v. City of Akron, Ohio
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 15, 2018No. 17-4108/4157PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
*479 Police Officer Joseph Danzy responded to a call about two suspicious men in an Akron neighborhood. He found Rauphael Thomas and Jesse Gray standing on the sidewalk. One thing (a Terry frisk) led to another (a tussle on the ground), which led to still another (the discharge of Thomas's concealed pistol). That, tragically, was not the end of the encounter. Thomas sprinted away, and Danzy shot him. Thomas died. His mother and estate administrator, Sherry Wilkerson, filed constitutional and state-tort claims against the officers, the City of Akron, and its police…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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- District of Columbia v. WesbySupreme Court of the United States · 2018
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