The federal lawsuit filed Thursday by Donnie Sanders' family accuses the officer, Blayne Newton, of using excessive force when he shot Sanders on March 12, 2020.
FILE - Protesters have plastered an Abraham Lincoln statue with signs demanding information about the deadly police shooting of Donnie Sanders by a white police officer and the resignation of the police chief, as seen on Oct. 13, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo. The family of a Sanders is suing the officer and the Board of Police Commissioners for at least $10 million. KANSAS CITY, Mo.
Sanders' death is one of the prominent cases in Kansas City involving Black people cited by civil rights activists whenNewton shot Sanders, 47, three times after he followed Sanders’ vehicle into an alley. Sanders parked the vehicle and ran, with Newton chasing him, police have said. Newton told investigators he believed he saw a gun in Sanders’ hand. No weapon was found; investigators said Sanders had only a cellphone in his jacket pocket.
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