A Bronx, New York jury has awarded the mother of a convicted drug dealer $10 million for the wrongful death of her son at the hands of a New York police officer. According to the jury’s verdict, Officer Louis Rivera was “100% responsible” for the shooting death of an unarmed man who was shot in the left temple during a struggle with the office in March 2000.
The six-person jury determined that the officer used excessive force during a scuffle with 23-year-old Malcolm Ferguson. Officer Rivera was canvassing a building in the Bronx in plainclothes when the scuffle occurred. At the time of the shooting, Ferguson had six bags of heroin on his person and was on parole for a 1995 conviction for selling drugs. Ferguson’s arrest record showed at least eight other arrests.
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