Cop Killed a Teen Over a Prank Gone Wrong, Lawsuit Says
by M.L. Nestel
GUNNED DOWN 11.05.15 12:01 AM ET
Cop Killed a Teen Over a Prank Gone Wrong, Lawsuit Says
Trooper B.D. Gillespie shot 18 year-old Timmy Hill dead after a silly incident involving soaked underwear. And the local prosecutor says the officer committed no crime.
After a late night dip, a group of teenaged boys decided to toss their soaked skivvies onto a West Virginia trooper’s parked cruiser. The trooper’s wife rousted her husband awake. He then suited up, assigned himself on-duty, and went out prowling for hours to get some payback.
He found three boys down the street from where his cruiser was parked, and pegged them for the prank. A skirmish ensued with one particular boy he knew; and after the boy allegedly resisted arrest the trooper fired off pepper spray, whacked the boy in the head with his baton, and finally drew his service pistol and squeezed off two deadly rounds.
It’s been a year full since the boy, Timothy “Timmy” Hill, breathed his last. This week the boy’s parents filed a civil lawsuit against that trigger-fingered trooper claiming he used his badge to bully and ultimately bury the unarmed youth.
Timothy Hill was described by those who knew him as “shy” and “nice.” He turned 18 on May 14, 2014.
Hill would only live a month as a legal adult.
more:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/05/cop-killed-a-teen-over-a-prank-gone-wrong-lawsuit-says.html?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning
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