Houston, Officers Sued Over Raid That Killed Man
The family of a man killed in a botched police raid sued the city and six fired police officers Tuesday, accusing them of violating the victim’s civil rights by illegally entering his home and acting as “judge, jury and executioner.”
The family of Pedro Oregon Navarro, 22, claims in the federal lawsuit that the officers entered his home without a warrant or probable cause during a raid July 12 that ended his life in a hail of bullets.
“This shooting, this killing, was totally unjustified and constituted clear excessive use of force,” said Richard Mithoff, an attorney for the family.
The lawsuit alleges the shooting resulted from failed city policies that use different standards in raiding homes in poor, minority neighborhoods.
Oregon was shot 12 times--nine times in the back--after the officers stormed his apartment in search of drugs.
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