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The family of a Charlotte father fatally shot in 2017 during a six-second confrontation with Charlotte-Mecklenburg police has appealed a federal judge’s decision to dismiss the wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the officer involved, our partners at the Charlotte Observer reported. U.S. District Judge Robert Conrad of Charlotte said Officer David Guerra acted reasonably — and legally — on Sept. 6, 2017, when he twice shot Ruben Galindo near Sugar Creek Road and Interstate 85. Police are legally justified to use deadly force if they have a “reasonably objective” fear of imminent death or serious injury for themselves or others, under U.S. Supreme Court precedent and North Carolina law.
A judge Thursday dismissed the city of Charlotte from a lawsuit alleging Title IX violations at Myers Park High School, but said the case against Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will go to the jury.
The third day of a Title IX trial involving Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and a school resource officer will open with testimony from the former Myers Park High student who filed suit over an alleged sexual assault.
A former Myers Park High student's lawsuit against Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and the city of Charlotte goes to trial Tuesday with lawyers giving different accounts of a sexual encounter.