The “Ghetto Lottery”.
Sometimes defined as a non-productive member of America’s criminal class getting shot by the police and then they or their estate file suit against the cop and the city for wrongful death or wrongful use of force. They win a judgement and live the high life until the settlement money is gone.
Example: Chicago giving $5 million to the family of a young hoodlum with a long, violent criminal history, shot by police while he was high on PCP or some other hallucinogenic, wielding a knife and disobeying orders to drop the weapon. Oh yeah, while walking down the street, after breaking the windshield of one cop car and stabbing the tire of another squad, he turned suddenly when officers were nearby trying to take him into custody to protect the general public from this menace.
Well, the cop that shot Quintonio LeGrier is filing suit against LeGrier’s estate, seeking damages from LeGrier’s behavior.
LeGrier, if you recall, charged police wielding a baseball bat the day after Christmas. The officer fired, killing LaGrier to save innocent life. Sadly, a stray round struck and killed a neighbor as well.
Second City Cop had this to say:
Police have sued assailants in past cases and won substantial judgements. Perhaps this would dissuade the city from making hasty settlement officers that only encourage and exacerbate the “ghetto lottery” culture. Well played Officer.
CHICAGO — The police officer who shot and killed teenager Quintonio LeGrier on the day after Christmas will sue LeGrier’s estate.
Officer Robert Rialmo answered a domestic disturbance call in West Garfield Park and wound up shooting LeGrier and a neighbor, he says, because LeGrier attacked him.
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