$60-Million Suit Filed Over Fatal Police Shooting
A $60-million wrongful death lawsuit was filed Friday by relatives of a black man shot in the back of the head by a white police officer.
The Oct. 7, 1999, killing prompted protests against alleged police brutality and Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley’s zero-tolerance policing strategy.
On the corner where Larry Hubbard died, attorney Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. announced the lawsuit on behalf of his relatives.
Police said Hubbard, a suspect in a car theft, was struggling with Officer Robert Quick for his gun when a second officer, Wayne Hamilton, shot him in the head. Several witnesses said the white officers beat and then killed Hubbard while he was on his knees pleading for his life.
The FBI has opened an investigation of the case.
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