Excessive Force Left Man Paraplegic
Judge rules shooting the man in the back was unjustified
Scottsdale police used excessive force in 2008 when they shot a man in the back without a warning, rendering him a paraplegic, a judge has ruled.
David Hulstedt, who was 35 at the time of the shooting, filed a $40 million lawsuit against the city in 2009.
An August 6 ruling in the suit by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow describes how police showed up to Hulstedt's north Scottsdale home because they were concerned about the safety of the man's 2-year-old daughter, but then caused the girl to be injured in a fall when they shot Hulstedt for no good reason.
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