Tag: Failure To Train
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$2.4 million jury verdict against Denver for officer’s shooting of unarmed man, upheld by 10th Circuit
The federal appeals court based in Colorado has upheld a jury’s verdict that found a Denver officer responsible for excessive force by opening fire on an unarmed man, and the city itself liable for failing to adequately train him. Sgt. Robert Motyka Jr. seriously injured Michael Valdez following a January 2013 vehicle chase in which…