Tag: Magistrate Judge Kathryn Starnella
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10th Circuit says Lakewood sergeant has immunity for fatally shooting man in burning basement
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver-based federal appeals court agreed on Thursday that a Lakewood police sergeant did not violate a man’s constitutional rights by shooting and killing him while trying to evacuate him from a burning basement. Jason Waterhouse was behaving erratically when he barricaded himself in the…
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Federal judge allows man to sue Aurora officer for alleged accidental discharge of gun
A federal judge last week declined to dismiss a man’s excessive force claim against an Aurora police officer, who fired his gun in what the city alleged to be an accidental discharge. This spring, Arapahoe County jurors found Eugene Robertson guilty of numerous attempted murder charges. However, while he was incarcerated pending trial, Robertson filed suit against…