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racially motivated and violated their constitutional rights but a court oh dismissed the casement the judge noted qualified immunity. the protection police officers have from liability from civil damages. when the tolans apeeld the u.s. court of appeals for the 5th circuit court dismissed the court on the saepme grounds. in may of last year the supreme court ordered the 5th court to reconsider. the judges rule thad the lower courts made a mistake by never hearing the family s version of events before coming to a ruling. six years after the shooting the tolans will have the opportunity to tell their version of the events of the night in court. we did reach the attorney for sergeant cotton and the city who said the case was dismissed, sergeant cot top was acquitted and there is no indication that sergeant cotton has been anything other than proper in his conduct. of course this case we only have
dispute. according to the tolan s sergeant cotton pushed marian into the garage door. the tolan s say when robby rose to protest cotton s handling of his mother cotton shot at him three times, hit ing him once. sergeant cotton told a different story. he and officer edwards maintain marian refused to remain calm and quiet and it was when her son robby tried to intervene that sergeant cotton feared for his life and shot robby. sergeant cotton was with tried for aggravated assault by a public servant. a you are jury acquitted him, agreeing that the shooting was justified. robby are tolan survived the shooting though a bullet is still in his liver today. as the jurors learned the vehicle wasn t stolen. officer edwards typed the wrong license plate number into the system. he was off by one digit. the family pursued a civil suit claiming the actions were