Excessive Force
Mentally ill man shot by cop settles for $1.6M
On Sep. 15, a mentally ill man who was shot by a Dallas Police officer during a call for a fight with his mother agreed to a $1.6 million settlement. In 2013, Officers Cardan Spencer and Christopher watson confronted Bobby Benton, then 52, outside his mother’s home where he was sitting in a chair in a cul de sac. Bennett rolled the chair backward and stood up holding an open pocket knife in his right hand. Spencer fired four shots, one of which hit Bennett in the abdomen. The plaintiff’s police practices and procedures expert said Spencer’s use of deadly force was not justifiable and the officers violated numerous policies and procedures.
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