Officer Gets Immunity After Leaving Developmentally Disabled Man on Side of Road Where He Later Died

By artappraiser on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 11:55pm |

By Jerry Lambe @ LawandCrime.com, Feb. 21

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that a Mississippi police officer who dropped off an incoherent developmentally disabled man at the county line where he was later struck and killed by a passing vehicle could not be sued by the man’s family, reasoning that his conduct did not amount to a violation of “clearly established” law.

In a 2-1 decision reversing a lower court’s decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that Attala County Deputy Darrin Fleming was entitled to qualified immunity in the death of Gerald Simpson, and had no duty to protect the mentally impaired man from his violent death.

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