The civil jury was to decide whether Dallas Police Officer Dustin Dillard used excessive force and violated Timpa’s constitutional rights when he knelt on his back forand whether three other officers, Kevin Mansell, Raymond Dominguez and Danny Vasquez, failed to intervene.
The jury also said all of the officers, except for Dominguez, were protected by"qualified immunity," a shield that protects government officials from lawsuits in civil rights cases. A federal appeals court ruled in January that"" should not protect the officers from potential liability however U.S. District Judge David Godbey told the federal jury to consider it when coming to a decision.
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