City of Seattle found negligent in deadly 2020 CHOP shooting

[MichMan]

1. Surprised the city didn't settle this before it went to trial

After he was shot alongside 14-year-old Robert West, who survived, volunteer protest medics attempted to treat the boys’ wounds. Witnesses called 911, but because first responders wouldn’t come to the zone, they decided to transport the boys via private vehicles. One took West to Harborview Medical Center while another attempted to meet with paramedics outside the zone.

One day after the shooting that killed Mays and injured another teen, then-Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order declaring the protest an unlawful assembly. The following morning, police reentered the zone, cleared encampments and arrested more than 40 people for failure to disperse or on suspicion of obstruction.

At one point during the trial, jurors were shown video of passengers in the vehicle carrying Mays trying to flag down a city ambulance that drove away from them.

City attorneys initially argued that Mays Jr. was committing a felony — that he stole the Jeep — so the city could not be held liable. But King County Superior Court Judge Sean O’Donnell ruled jurors could not consider that defense.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/seattle-chop-verdict-city-must-pay-29-million-to-family-of-slain-teen/