The family of Bishar Ali Hassan, who was killed during a 2019 altercation with Anchorage police, says they will take their case to the state Supreme Court.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - A civil rights action was recently filed against the City of Anchorage, its police department and officers in relation to the April 2019 death of Bishar Ali Hassan.
The suit was filed March 30 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska in Anchorage by attorney Rex Lamont Butler on behalf of the plaintiffs, Ahmed Hassan and Bilay Aden Iris.
The suit alleges that Bishar Ali Hassan was stopped by Anchorage Police Officer Matthew Hall, who was responding to reports of a man fitting his description brandishing a firearm in public, though neither pointing the firearm at anyone else or making threats. Hall allegedly encountered Hassan after he exited a bus and was walking along a sidewalk.