Postscript on this week's EPIC payout and perspective regarding the controversial decision:
KCPD supported ex-detective From the time Lamb was killed, this department publicly supported a detective who a federal judge found to have violated Lamb’s Fourth Amendment right against illegal search and seizure. And this same agency defended DeValkenaere every step of the legal process. To be fair, DeValkenaere deserved legal representation and to have his day in court — on taxpayers’ dime, I might add. But it would be safe to assume that DeValkenaere’s reprehensible actions that day have cost taxpayers well more than the millions Lamb’s family settled for. Yet neither he nor the police department admitted fault for Lamb’s untimely demise.
Where is the justice and accountability in that?
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Millions paid, but no fault admitted: Ex-KCPD cop was to blame in fatal shooting | Opinion
Cameron Lamb's family reaches $4.1M settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit, but ex-detective Eric DeValkenaere still walks free.
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