Bishar Hassan was shot to death by three police officers in 2019. The judge ruled that their conduct was reasonable because they believed Hassan posed a threat.
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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.
Family of Alaska man killed by police file civil lawsuit
April 4, 2021
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)
The mother and brother of a man who was shot and killed by three Anchorage police officers in 2019 have filed a civil lawsuit this week that asks for $20 million from the municipality, the involved officers and other municipal employees.
Bishar Hassan, 31, was shot and killed on April 1, 2019, by officers Nathan Lewis, Matthew Hall and Brett Eggiman, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday.
None of the officers wore body cameras, but the police vehicles were equipped with dash cameras that captured footage of what happened in front of their vehicles.
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