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CLEVELAND, Ohio The administrators of the estates of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams who were killed after a car chase and shooting Nov. 29, 2012, in which Cleveland police officers fired 137 shots at a mangled Chevy Malibu sued the city, its police department and officers in federal court Thursday in a wrongful death lawsuit.
The suit in U.S. District Court in Cleveland claims officers used excessive force, supervisors failed to rein in officers during the chase and top administrators provided inadequate supervision and training to officers regarding the department's policies and practices.
Elizabeth Goodwin, the administrator for Williams' estate, and Debra Bodnar, the administrator for Russell's estate, are seeking an undetermined amount of money, plus reforms in the police department. Though the court was closed on Thanksgiving, attorneys filed the suit electronically.
The lawsuit identifies a number of city officials, including Mayor Frank Jackson, Police Chief Michael McGrath and Safety Director Martin Flask, and police officers involved in the chase and shooting. The lawsuit is the latest chapter in year-long legal saga that seeks to determine what took place when 60-some police cruisers chased Russell and Williams for more than 20 miles to the parking lot of Heritage Middle School in East Cleveland and the gunfire that followed. The suit says the pair did not have a gun with them during any part of the pursuit.
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(5,917 posts)if criminals wont obey speed limits and traffic routes then the police should just give up