The family of a man shot and killed by police in northwestern New Mexico after they responded to the wrong address is suing the city of Farmington and three officers.
The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court alleges Robert Dotson and his family were deprived of their civil rights when the officers mistakenly showed up at their home the night of April 5. The officers responded to the wrong address after getting a domestic violence call from a home across the street.
Video from the camera system at the front door showed the officers backing away, their flashlights trained on the door as Dotson opened it. Gunfire erupted, with the officers shooting Dotson 12 times. Luis Robles, an attorney who represents the officers, reiterated the chief’s sentiments in an interview with The Associated Press.
While knocking twice more, the officers can be heard asking a dispatcher to confirm the address and to tell the caller to come to the door. The dispatcher states the address of a home across the street and the officers begin to realize they were in the wrong place.According to the lawsuit, Dotson was blinded by the officers’ flashlights when he opened the door.
Lawyers for the Dotson family said in the complaint that Farmington police handcuffed the woman and her two children and took them to the station for questioning rather than acknowledging their error. They contend that the officers involved did not initially disclose that they were at the wrong address.
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