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Sat Aug 30, 2014, 05:41 AM Aug 2014

Police altered video showing what happened before cops shot WV man 23 times: lawsuit

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/29/police-altered-video-showing-what-happened-before-cops-shot-wv-man-23-times-lawsuit/



Police altered video showing what happened before cops shot WV man 23 times: lawsuit
By Reuters
Friday, August 29, 2014 6:31 EDT

Police in a West Virginia city altered video evidence in the death of a mentally ill black man who was shot and killed last year during a confrontation with officers, a lawyer for the victim’s family said on Thursday.

Sherman L. Lambert Sr., an attorney representing the estate of Wayne A. Jones, filed a legal motion on Wednesday in a $200 million lawsuit against five Martinsburg police officers. The lawsuit accuses the officers of using excessive force in the March 2013 shooting.

The officers were cleared of wrongdoing in a report from West Virginia State Police investigators in April. Last October, a grand jury found their actions to be justified.

“We question the authenticity of the DVD police provided,” Lambert said. “One of the main issues in the case was whether police used excessive force.”
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