The daughter of a 65-year-old man who she says was deaf in one ear and couldn’t understand police has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against St. Paul police and the city after an officer shot him last year. The action comes a month after prosecutors announced officer Abdirahmin Dahir’s use of deadly force against Yia Xiong was “objectively reasonable to stop the deadly threat posed” by Xiong, .
Yia Xiong’s family and Hmong community members are demanding that St. Paul police improve its training and policies around non-English speakers and people with disabilities.