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ne ee ruling to u tify t
omicide.
Wiley ruled that if the dea�
person ere ruly the murd
uspect Fiedler had been trac
ing, tben the officer could hav�
legally d de Iy force und
Supreme Court interpretatioi
of a Tenne e cas •
Since Fiedler "re on bl
thought it w the murde
u peer, d believed th�
pect might be rmed, he
j lified in ing deadly fore
the prosecutor aid.
Since Fiedler "reasonably
thought it wa the murde
u pect, and believed lh�
s pect might be rmed, he wal
justified in in de dly fore
the pro ecutor ide
aben anted by th
police t the time of the inti
dent - for driving on a
s pended Ii ce e nd lac 01
proper regi tr tion pape for a
motor scoo ere BOth are mi I
demeanor offense .
M ben's f mily h retainer
Grand Rapid ttorney AI
phon e Le i 10 pur ue a
wrongful death action g ins
Benton Harbor.
Rev. Brown
th t "this to n will com
togcth r to prote the murde
of thi young m n nd 11 th
h rr ment th t goe on."
He cited the Berrien Count)
Co rthouse nich, he id, h
only eight BI ck employec
nd four of tho e wcre in th
Friend of the Court offic
which "doe n't do nything bUI
har Blacks."
Rev. Brown w al 0 critical
of the city which had j t hirc
three more whit officers Iron
rural rca "not familiar witt
Black, ho don't under ian
thc plight of poor Black ."
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