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 Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:19 pm Post subject: Full Video of Iowa Mom's Killing Finally Released. As Predicted - Cops Lied |
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| Quote: | A woman shot to death in front of her toddler by a Burlington police officer — in a scene caught on video that was hidden from the public — will be paid $2 million as part of a wrongful death settlement after the cover-up.
Autumn Steele, 34, was fatally shot in January 2015 by Officer Jesse Hill, who had been responding to a domestic disturbance and said he had fired his gun in part to fend off an attacking dog.
The family and the Burlington Hawkeye newspaper have fought for more than three years for the public release of the full video in a separate and ongoing case before the Iowa Public Information Board.
The full video — part of sealed evidence in the wrongful-death case — does not corroborate Hill’s account in his police report that he was bitten by the dog before firing the shot,
The settlement was announced June 6, but the amount had not been made public. O’Brien released a statement Monday morning revealing the dollar figure.
O’Brien noted standard language in the settlement denying any wrongful conduct.
| Quote: | | However, everyone should know that cities and their insurance carriers do not pay $2 million to settle a claim unless they have concluded the claim has significant merit,” O’Brien said. “Make no mistake about it, this settlement vindicates the Steele family’s claim that Hill acted wrongfully in causing Autumn’s death.” |
Beavers' report says Hill was bitten on one of his thighs by the dog and had advised the Steele family to "get the dog" but that the animal continued toward Hill, which is when he drew his weapon.
O'Brien viewed the secret video footage as part of his role in the wrongful death case. He indicated in the federal court hearing last month that the video does not show that Hill was bitten.
| Quote: | | "...the video doesn't show him making any claim that the dog bit him or that the dog was coming at him with the teeth exposed and coming to get him, never says anything of the sort immediately after the incident in contrast to what he put in his report later, |
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