Legal Opinion
Ealey v. City of Detroit
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided July 16, 1985No. Docket 75369PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
A police officer’s confrontation with an armed civilian resulted in the death of the civilian and a lawsuit by the decedent’s estate and his parents against the City of Detroit, the Detroit Police Department, and two officers.
On December 11, 1979, shortly after 7 a.m., Audrey Spears carried her four-month-old baby as she walked to a residence on Seebaldt Street in Detroit. As she approached the residence, a man, later identified as J. C. Ealey, Jr., came toward her from the side of the house. He pointed a rifle directly at her and waved it back and forth as he said someone was after him. When…
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