Cop Murders Innocent Unarmed Dad in Front of Kids While Rescuing a Dog—Court Denies Cop Immunity
A 30-year-old father, Robert Earl Lawrence was shot and killed by police ahead of his own children, after he attempted to try to an honest deed by turning a stray dog in at an area animal shelter. For years, the family has been seeking justice because the cop who murdered Lawrence sought to get qualified immunity. In a rare move, the court sided with the family and therefore the Alabama cop must face a civil rights suit filed by the estate of a person she shot and killed while he was trying to surrender a stray dog at the animal shelter. Dothan, Ala., Sergeant Adrianne Woodruff should have known that using deadly force on Robert Lawrence wasn't warranted under the circumstances, the Eleventh Circuit Judge Ed Carnes said. "A reasonable officer in Woodruff's position, making an arrest for a comparatively insignificant misdemeanor, should have known to not use de...