A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Utah man who was shot at nearly 30 times and killed as he ran away from Salt Lake City police in 2020
A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Utah man who was shot at nearly 30 times and killed as he ran away from Salt Lake City police in 2020.
A Utah federal judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit against the Salt Lake police officers who shot and killed Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal in 2020. The shooting prompted numerous protests.
U.S. District Judge David Barlow has granted a motion by Salt Lake City to issue a summary judgment in the lawsuit against its officers, and ruled that Salt Lake police officers Neil Iversen and Kevin Fortuna, along with Chief Mike Brown, did not violate Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal’s civil rights. The shooting prompted numerous public protests.