Steven Grimberg testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. District judge for the Northern District of Georgia on April 30, 2019. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)
A federal judge agreed that an Atlanta police officer who fired several times into a car after someone grabbed a pile of cash at a downtown strip club violated the constitutional rights of a passenger who was shot. But the city—which fired the officer— cannot be held liable.
The shooting “clearly violated” plaintiff Demetric Favor’s rights under the Fourth Amendment to be free from unreasonable seizure, as the city itself admitted, wrote Northern District Judge Steven Grimberg. But Favors failed to show that any policy, training issue or other shortcoming by the city caused his injuries, the judge said, dismissing the case on summary judgment.
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