The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that two officers from the Oakland Police Department are liable for a deadly high-speed chase in 2022 that resulted in the death of a bystander and serious injuries to others. The family's lawsuit alleges that the officers violated the deceased man's 14th Amendment due process rights by undertaking an unauthorized chase, speeding recklessly without proper signals, and leaving the scene, which deprived victims of timely medical assistance. The ruling allows the family to continue their civil rights case against the officers and the city.
According to the lawsuit, the two officers should have reasonably foreseen that the crash was possible. Instead, they engaged in a 'ghost chase,' meaning they didn't...
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