Dothan, AL – A 30-year-old father, Robert Earl Lawrence was shot and killed by police in front of his own children, after he attempted to do a good deed by turning a stray dog in at a local animal shelter. For years, the family has been seeking justice as the cop who murdered Lawrence sought to obtain qualified immunity. However, in a rare move, the court sided with the family and the Alabama cop must face a civil rights suit filed by the estate of a man she shot and killed while he was trying to surrender a stray dog at the animal shelter.
Dothan, Ala., Sergeant Adrianne Woodruff should have known that using deadly force on Robert Lawrence wasn’t warranted under the circumstances, the Eleventh Circuit Judge Ed Carnes said.
“A reasonable officer in Woodruff’s position, making an arrest for a relatively insignificant misdemeanor, should have known not to use deadly force,” the court said.
The horrifying dash cam video was kept secret for years showing the officer execute this otherwise entirely innocent father in front of his kids. But was released last year.
On Dec. 30, 2014, Lawrence and his three young children—all under 10-years-old—found a stray dog in the parking lot of a Walmart in Dothan. After they put the dog in their car, the family drove to the Dothan Animal Shelter to attempt to save its life.
However, instead of accepting this good deed and taking the animal in without question, the workers at the shelter demanded that Lawrence show them his government issued ID.
Instead of giving them his ID, Lawrence showed them notarized and legal identification that was an affidavit instead of Motor Vehicle Administration ID card because he was a sovereign citizen. After being told that he couldn’t drop the dog without a state-issued driver’s license, Lawrence told the shelter that he would leave and bring the dog elsewhere......read and watch more.....
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