Ninth Circuit reverses course and issues new ruling giving LAPD officer qualified immunity
On October 29, 2018, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer Edward Agdeppa shot and killed Albert Dorsey during a violent physical struggle between Agdeppa, LAPD Officer Perla Rodriguez and Dorsey. Dorsey’s mother, Paulette Smith, sued Agdeppa in federal court for allegedly using unreasonable deadly force...