White Clark County Cops Had No Proof Jenoah Donald Had Drugs but They Stopped Him Anyway. Then Cops Pretended a Screw Driver in the Car was Deadly so They Fatally Shot Him. Gov to Pay $3.5M/No Charges

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From [HERE] The Clark County Council agreed Wednesday to pay $3.5 million to settle the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Jenoah Donald, a Black motorist killed by a Clark County sheriff’s deputy in February 2021.

The family filed the $17 million wrongful death lawsuit in February 2022 in U.S. District Court in Tacoma alleging wrongful death, assault and battery, negligence, and deprivation of civil rights. It named as defendants Deputy Sean Boyle, who shot Donald; Deputy Holly Troupe, who struggled with Donald in his car; then-Sheriff Chuck Atkins; and multiple unknown sheriff’s office employees.

The parties agreed last month to dismiss the claims against Boyle and Troupe, leaving Clark County as the sole remaining defendant. Trial was set to begin June 9.

A statement from county spokeswoman Joni McAnally said despite the settlement, the county “continues to deny liability for this unfortunate incident.”

Tacoma-based Herrmann Law Group said Donald “was the target of an illegal ‘pretextual stop’ ”by Deputy Sean Boyle on Feb. 4 in Hazel Dell.

The law firm cited a 1999 Washington Supreme Court case that found it’s unconstitutional for police to use a traffic stop as an excuse to investigate suspected criminal activity.

“The deputies believed Jenoah was leaving a drug house, but they did not have probable cause to pull him over for a drug crime. So, instead, the deputy pulled him over using the excuse of a defective rear light,” Lindquist said.

Deputy Boyle said during an interview that Donald was initially cooperative before other deputies arrived on scene. When Boyle went back to his vehicle to run the ID, another white deputy, Holly Troupe, had arrived and saw what she described as a “ball-handled” sharp object — later determined to be a screwdriver. [“a ball-handled” sharp objected?? Only a liar cop would describe a screw driver in such a novel way. And if she lied she could also ]. A third deputy, Greg Agar, also arrived for the broken headlight stop.

During the unlawful stop deputy Troupe claimed she saw a weapon in Donald's car, when there wasn't one. She saw a screwdriver. While in his patrol car, Deputy Boyle heard another deputy tell Donald, "show me your hands."

When Boyle returned, he ran up Donald's car, opened the door and told him he needed to get out and he threatened to use a police dog on him. He eventually punched Donald in the nose, investigators said, and Troupe attempted “pain compliance” techniques with her hands under Donald’s jaw.

That lead another officer to attempt to forcefully remove the 30-year-old from the vehicle.

According to prosecutors, Donald grabbed Deputy Boyle's outer vest, making his taser inaccessible. Meanwhile, the engine of the sedan Donald drove remained on. During the assault on Donald, deputies said they heard the engine revving. Boyle told investigators Donald grabbed him by the ballistics vest and pulled him toward the car.

No body camera footage exists from the encounter, so investigators relied heavily on the accounts of the officers involved.

Prosecutors claim the car started to move forward while Donald reportedly still had a grip on Deputy Boyle. Prosecutors claim unable to grab his taser, Deputy Boyle fired two shots, hitting Donald. Another deputy was in the process of drawing her weapon when the shooting happened.

After the shooting the police told Donald’s family he was dead but he had actually survived. He died a week after the shooting, after he was taken off life support. [MORE]