A former Tucson police officer fired after he allegedly shot an armed shoplifting suspect in a motorized wheelchair nine times last year has been indicted for manslaughter. John Bradley, a lawyer for the victim’s family, said the family plans to proceed with a separate civil suit against Remington in the next few weeks.
The former Tucson police officer who fatally shot an armed suspect in a mobility scooter last year has been indicted on a manslaughter charge. “Now that Mr. Remington has been indicted, Mr. Richards’s family will proceed with a civil rights lawsuit against Mr. Remington in the next few weeks,” said John Bradley of Strang Bradley, LLC. “A civil lawsuit is an important part of seeking justice for Mr. Richards and his family, too.”
Tucson CBS KOLD News 13: Former Tucson Police Officer who shot and killed Richards on November 29, 2021 is indicted. Strang Bradley states they will be filing a civil lawsuit on behalf of the family of Richard Lee Richards against the City of Tucson and Ryan Remington.
Tucson CBS KOLD News 13: Former Tucson Police Officer who shot and killed Richards on November 29, 2021 is indicted. Strang Bradley states they will be filing a civil lawsuit on behalf of the family of Richard Lee Richards against the City of Tucson and Ryan Remington.
“Demetrius is one of the many victims of low-cost fixed-price contract jail healthcare,” said John Bradley, the family’s attorney. “This private for-profit healthcare contractor is financially motivated to provide substandard care, to deny expensive prescription medication, to restrict access to outside heath providers, to understaff nurses at the jail.”
Strang Bradley files a civil lawsuit on behalf of a Monona Grove High School student against four district staff members after they allegedly attempted an “unparticularized” and “racially motivated” search during a Black Student Union field trip last month. “The defendants humiliated him — in public and in front of his peers — for no reason other than that he’s a black male,” said Rick Resch, attorney for the student.
A Russian national is suing the village of Mount Horeb and two of its police officers for allegedly violating his constitutional rights when they seized his passport and social security card while searching his apartment. Seizing Kirill Konovalov’s personal documents exceeded the scope of the search warrant which only authorized the seizure of a variety of electronic devices, said Konovalov’s attorney, John Bradley.
Strang Bradley files a civil lawsuit on behalf of a Black Monona Grove High School junior against the district and four school staff members Monday alleging that an “unreasonable” attempted search for drugs was carried out by some of the staff members during a spring trip last month to Louisiana.
A federal judge ruled that officers violated 25-year-old Keonte Furdge’s Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure when they entered the home guns drawn without a warrant. “The most dangerous course of action was the one actually taken by Wedig and Wunsch,” Judge Peterson wrote.
The Pima County Attorney’s Office has received evidence and is investigating the fatal officer-involved shooting that happened in Tucson on Monday, Nov. 29.
“Both she (Victoria) and this firm support a thorough, responsible, and focused review by the Pima County Attorney’s Office,” said John H. Bradley of Strang Bradley, LLC. Bradley then struck out against recent comments by Remington’s attorney Mike Storie. “What we do not support are the self-serving comments that former officer Ryan Remington continues to make through his lawyer,” Bradley said. “These don’t assist the investigation or accurately inform the public. Fundamentally, they are not fair.
