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Friday, November 25, 2022

Wife of Texas man killed by police in Arizona settles suit

PHOENIX (AP) — The widow of an unarmed Texas man fatally shot by police outside his suburban Phoenix hotel room in 2016 has agreed to settle her wrongful death lawsuit. 

A notice of settlement filed Tuesday in federal court in Arizona shows that Laney Sweet, the wife of Daniel Shaver, and her two children will receive $8 million from the city of Mesa.

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I remember the video from the body cam. The kid was ordered to crawl towards the cops and he was complying, pleading in tears for the cops not to shoot. The gym shorts he was wearing started to slip and he reached back to pull them back up, a natural reaction, and the cop executed him.

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24 comments:

  1. Dan PattersonNovember 25, 2022 at 9:36 AM

    I wish I had more respect for LEO/Judiciary/DA but too many events like that are in the way.

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  2. Matthew WNovember 25, 2022 at 9:41 AM

    He was given confusing and contradicting instructions by the cops. HORRIBLE !!!

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  3. KidNovember 25, 2022 at 9:42 AM

    Remember that well. Too well. Now the citizens get to pay the price.

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  4. Doug HaginNovember 25, 2022 at 9:45 AM

    YES that cop was a nut. Completely unqualified for police work

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  5. AnonymousNovember 25, 2022 at 9:58 AM

    Do you remember the dust cover on the AR-15?

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    1. AnonymousNovember 25, 2022 at 8:25 PM

      "YOU'RE FUCKED" On the inside of the dust cover so it shows when the cover opens.

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  6. MHNovember 25, 2022 at 10:00 AM

    POS Officer Philip Mitchell Brailsford, who killed Daniel Shaver on film in cold blood while he begged for his life, gets $31,000 a year from taxpayers for PTSD disability he suffers as a result of the publicity

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  7. AnonymousNovember 25, 2022 at 10:03 AM

    The cops aren't on our side.....

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  8. AnonymousNovember 25, 2022 at 10:07 AM

    The cop's name was Philip Brailsford. The PD rehired him so he could apply for disability. Enough to make one support defunding. When you support scum, you are scum.

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  9. ElmoNovember 25, 2022 at 10:14 AM

    I'll never forget the prick's name. Philip Brailsford. His daddy was a Mesa cop too.
    Fired, then rehired, then applied for a pension, then received a medical retirement.
    He had one thing right. We ARE fucked.

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  10. BerglanderNovember 25, 2022 at 10:14 AM

    Didn't that cop also have a dust cover on his AR that said "You're Fucked?"

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  11. StevePNovember 25, 2022 at 10:17 AM

    That was cold blooded murder by a violent psycho that should never have been allowed to hide behind a badge. The murderer, Philip Brailsford, was tried for 2nd degree murder and acquitted. He was later medically retired for PTSD and is now receiving a $2500/month pension.

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  12. AnonymousNovember 25, 2022 at 10:27 AM

    It took them this long to settle / admit wrong doing? What were the cops trying to do? Run up the legal bills for a widow while hoping she couldn't pay it?

    - Arc

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  13. Steady SteveNovember 25, 2022 at 10:43 AM

    Should have made firing the cop "for cause" so they couldn't rehire him part of the settlement.

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  14. Saber 7November 25, 2022 at 10:47 AM

    nothing to say this pos orc gets a lesson in physics at some point down the road of life. he, his family, his dog, his cat, his gold fish, all need dirt naps. assume room temperature. FFF/22BOH. orcs are nasty creatures, avoid them at all costs.

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    1. AnonymousNovember 25, 2022 at 5:20 PM

      I’m sorry, but I draw the line at the pets. Really dude?
      MadMarlin

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    2. AnonymousNovember 30, 2022 at 6:36 AM

      Yes. All. Of. Them.
      But leave him amongst the living to suffer.

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    3. AnonymousNovember 30, 2022 at 6:38 AM

      Oh, and stay home if you haven’t the stomach for it.

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  15. AnonymousNovember 25, 2022 at 11:26 AM


    All public employees need to carry liability insurance so the taxpayer doesn't have to pay for their screw ups .

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    1. AnonymousNovember 27, 2022 at 12:04 AM

      All well and good except the premiums come out of additional taxes we pay in increased salary to cover that additional cost. The insurance underwriters aren't in it to lose money, so in the long run all we end up doing is supporting a profit margin for the insurance company. Add to that the peace of mind murder-cop gets knowing there's an insurance policy in place to cover him for his fuck ups. Not going to make us any safer. Just going to cost us.

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  16. AnonymousNovember 25, 2022 at 5:09 PM

    I do recall that one also. One reason why I have no respect for the lot of them these days.

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  17. AnonymousNovember 25, 2022 at 5:49 PM

    Deborah Harry aka Blondie.

    One way, or another, I’m gonna’ betcha’…

    Qualified immunity.

    Largest street gang in the country.

    Ragnar

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  18. DanNovember 26, 2022 at 12:23 AM

    Why do cops do this? Because they can. Simple as that. The criminal pinned to a badge had a conga line of badgemonkeys testifying at his trial that his actions were legal, permissible and within established training guidelines....and the idiots on the jury bought that bullshit. If ever a person deserved summary vigilante justice it's Brailsford. And of course nobody on the Mesa PD suffered one damn bit for this criminal conspiracy. The only people harmed besides the Shaver family are the longsuffering taxpayers who yet again must foot the bill for the badgemonkeys criminal misconduct.

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