DOVER, Del. (AP) — An attorney for the Delaware State Police asked a judge Friday to dismiss several claims in a lawsuit filed by the brother of a mentally ill woman whom an officer killed after firing a shotgun at him.
DOVER, Del. — An attorney for the Delaware State Police asked a judge Friday to dismiss several claims in a lawsuit filed by the brother of a mentally ill woman whom an officer killed after firing a shotgun at him.
Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Picollelli Jr. argued that police did not intentionally discriminate against Rooks and that the lawsuit does not allege any pattern or practice of troopers mistreating people with disabilities. He also disputed the suggestion that Johnson was the “proximate cause” of Rooks’ death.
A report by the state attorney general’s office concluded that Johnson was justified in using deadly force against Rook. TheTroopers and medical personnel went to Rooks’ house in Seaford on March 25, 2021, after she called 911 to complain her neighbors had poisoned her. Medical workers asked Rooks to come with them to the hospital so she could be examined more thoroughly, but she refused and became upset about their presence and that of state troopers.
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