Posted on Tue, Jun. 10, 2003 MINNEAPOLIS: Officer shot by colleague files lawsuit BY JUDITH YATES BORGER Pioneer Press
The undercover police officer shot in February by a fellow Minneapolis cop filed a federal lawsuit Monday, asking for $9 million from the city and the officer who seriously wounded him. Officer Duy Ngo contends in the lawsuit that his civil rights were violated when he was "shot multiple times without l egal justification by Minneapolis police officer Charles Storlie." Duy Ngo, a member of the Minnesota Gang Strike Force, was conducting surveillance on a drug house in South Minneapolis early Feb. 25 when a man tried to sell him drugs, then shot him in his bullet-resistant vest. The man who shot him first has never been arrested. Duy Ngo called for backup and gave chase but then fell from his injuries. According to Duy Ngo and accounts of the incident, Storlie arrived and apparently mistook Ngo for the suspect and shot him in the vest, arm and both legs. Storlie also faced a federal lawsuit in 1998 for shooting a 15-year-old boy the previous year. The boy was playing with a BB gun in a South Minneapolis apartment building when tenants called to say there was a gunman inside. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/6051765.htm **************************************************** SHOT TO HELL Duy Ngo, The Minneapolis police officer wounded by one of his own colleagues in a February drug stakeout, speaks out for the first time. http://www.citypages.com/databank/24/1172/article11258.asp Posted by Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
