Legal Opinion
Geraldine Johnson v. City of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 20, 2016No. 15-2346PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge:
Kenyado Newsuan was standing in the street, naked, high on PCP, and yelling and flailing his arms. Philadelphia police officer Thomas Dempsey arrived on the scene and, without waiting for backup, ordered Newsuan to approach. What happened next is a matter of some dispute, but what happened at the end of the encounter is not: Newsuan attacked Dempsey, slammed him into multiple cars, and tried to remove Dempsey’s handgun. At that point, Dempsey shot and killed New-suan.
The administratrix of Newsuan’s estate sued Dempsey and the City of Philadelphia…
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