Edward Shaw v. City of Selma
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ED CARNES, Chief Judge:
A Selma Police officer shot and killed Ananias Shaw, who was coming toward him with a hatchet. Shaw's estate brought 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims for excessive force and false arrest and state law tort claims against Officer Desmond Williams, former Selma Police Chief William Riley, and the City of Selma. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants and the estate has appealed.
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In the middle of the afternoon in early December 2013, Selma Police received an emergency call about a disturbance at a Church's Chicken restaurant. Shaw, a 74-year-old…
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