Legal Opinion
Robert Turner v. Al Thomas, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 19, 2019No. 18-1733PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Robert Sanchez Turner was attacked by protesters at the "Unite the Right" rally on August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Turner claims that, pursuant to a stand-down order under which police officers at the rally were instructed not to intervene in violence among protesters, officers watched his attack and did nothing to help. Turner brought suit against Al Thomas Jr., former Chief of the Charlottesville Police Department; W. Stephen Flaherty, Virginia State Police Superintendent; and the City of Charlottesville. The district court concluded that Thomas…
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