Federal jury clears Tennessee police officer in 2019 fatal shooting lawsuit

was appropriate and legal in the months after the shooting. At the time, police said Pheap, who was of Cambodian descent, was killed after a physical struggle.

The lawsuit said Williams, who is white, was looking for a female driver suspected of fleeing a traffic accident and stopped Pheap and began to search him. The lawsuit said Pheap tried to get away and the two struggled. Attorneys representing the Pheap family in the $10 million wrongful death suit said they were"disappointed in the result" and were evaluating their next steps.

The Knoxville Police Department said in a statement that the jury's decision supported that the"use of force was reasonable given the exceptional position that Officer Williams was put in." Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox

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