Killing of Fong Lee
On July 22, 2006, Minneapolis police officer Jason Anderson shot 19 year old Hmong-American Fong Lee eight times, killing him instantly. Anderson and state trooper Craig Benz both claimed he had a gun and refused to drop it.[1] Family members of the deceased claimed the gun was planted.[2] On March 30, 2009 documents revealed that the gun had been in police possession since 2004, when police recovered the weapon after it was reported stolen.[3] Lee family attorney Mike Padden stated that the first police officer to arrive after the shooting was Bruce Johnson, who two years before had written up the burglary report on this same gun. [4]
Trial
A grand jury decided not to indict Anderson in 2007. The family took the case to civil court but the jury ruled against them.[5] The Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear the Lee family's appeal in 2010.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "U.S. Supreme Court Won't Take Fong Lee Case". December 17, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "How Floyd death healed an unlikely rift". www.msn.com. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Fong Lee shooting timeline". Star Tribune. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- ^ "Fong Lee's family angered by verdict". MPR News. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "How Floyd death healed an unlikely rift". www.msn.com. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- ^ "U.S. Supreme Court Won't Take Fong Lee Case". December 17, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
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