Published on: Thursday, April 17, 2025
They say the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Unless, that is, if a cop shoots and kills the good guy with a gun because the cop thinks he's the bad guy with a gun. Does that make the cop liable to the good guy's family? Eleventh Circuit: Look, accidents happen...
The case is Pipkins v. City of Hoover, No. 23-10814 (11th Cir. Apr. 17, 2025).