The official complaint has been filed against those responsible for the death of Zachary Champommier.
From the LA Weekly:
Despite the official reports, which claimed Champommier drove his car into a sheriff's deputy, causing officers to open fire, Champommier's family says the teen was shot without provocation or justification.
Champommier's mother, Carol, is now suing the DEA, LAPD and LA County Sheriff's Department in federal court for wrongful death.
According to the lawsuit, first reported by Courthouse News Service, Champommier was in his car waiting for a friend when he saw officers detain someone. When Champommier began to drive away toward the parking lot exit, he was fired upon.
Champommier "was unarmed, had not threatened the agents/officers, did not pose a threat of death or serious physical injury," states the lawsuit. The officers "proceeded to use unreasonable, unnecessary and excessive force, firing multiple bullets and killing" Champommier.
From the Complaint:
As is detailed herein, Defendants.... shot and killed the Decedent without justification, in contravention of proper police procedures, and by use of excessive and unnecessary force. Such conduct violated Decedent's right to be free of violations of his constitutional rights under the law.
[snip]
By the actions and omissions described above....depriving Plaintiff and Decedent of the following clearly established and well-settled constitutional rights protected by Amendments to the US Constitution:
a. the right to be free from unreasonable seizure as secured by the Fourth Amendment
b. the right to be free from excessive and unreasonable force in the course of arrest as secured by the Fourth Amendment;
c. the right to be free from the unreasonable use of deadly force as secured by the Fourth Amendment;
d. the right to be free from deprivation of life without due process of law as secured by the Fourteenth Amendment;
e. the right to equal protection of the law as secured by the Fourteenth Amendment;
f. the right to be free from a police cover-up of the use of excessive police force through the filing of false and misleading incident investigation reports.
click image to enlarge
You can read the rest of the official complaint here.(pdf file)
We'll see you in court.
