Jury Finds the Government Liable for the Wrongful Death of Deon Kay. DC Cop Shot 18 Yr Old Black Teen in the Back as He Fled. White Liberal Attorney General Now Seeks to Overturn the Verdict

 A verdict has been reached in a civil suit related to the 2020 police shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay. Natasha Kay filed the lawsuit against DC Police following his death. 

"The jury came back in favor of Ms. Kay on all counts. There was a negligence count, a battery count, and a count for wrongful death. The verdict amount exceeded $650,000," according to Attorney Yaida Ford. 

The civil lawsuit verdict follows a report by the government in 2021 that found the shooting was justified, but said the officers involved "acted recklessly and without a plan."

The report said police were responding to an Instagram LIVE stream showing men flashing guns inside a car. Additionally, the report said the officers sought out the car near 225 Orange Street, and when they got out of their cruiser, saw another man running, not Deon Kay.

Officer Alexander Alvarez's body camera footage shows him taking off after this person, gun out. Then, it shows Deon Kay getting out of the back of the car and running away.

The video shows a gun in Deon Kay's right hand about a second before Officer Alvarez shoots him in the back. Police said the gun was found about 98 feet away from Deon Kay. There are still discrepancies in opinion on whether or not Deon Kay threw the gun before he was shot, or if the impact of the bullet caused it to fly out of his hand.

Following the verdict, Ford said that while Alvarez was cleared by MPD's Internal Affairs, a jury of impartial people looked at the same evidence, and MPD reviewed and saw it differently. 

According to Ford, Natasha Kay has been awarded $655,000 for the death of her son. She anticipates that the District will appeal the decision. 

"So tomorrow, the District has made a request to ask the judge to overturn this verdict," Ford explained. "We will come back to this courtroom at noon, the fight is not over."

Once this request is formally filed, the District has 30 days to appeal the judge's decision.  [MORE]