Fouad Kaady (January 8, 1978 - September 8, 2005) was a resident of Gresham, Oregon who was shot dead by police after being injured in a car accident.
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Police meeting
A Sandy, Oregon, police officer and Clackamas County sheriff's deputy, arrived at the scene and observed that Kaady was naked and seated "Indian style" on the ground and suffered severe burns all over his body. He was ordered to lie face down on the ground, even though he was wounded. When Kaady failed to obey orders to lie on their land using Taser on him several times. Kaady is suspected of boarding a patrol car and looking ready to jump over Sandy's officers in accordance with the official report; at this point, he was shot seven times and then declared dead at the scene.
Eyewitness accounts of the incident were split, with some angry that officers used lethal force, and others were convinced that the officers acted appropriately, but there was a distinction between joint accounts of law enforcement officers and separate witnesses who saw the scene. The next internal investigation finally cleared the officer of any offense.
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Civil Trial
Kaady's family hired the law firm of American court attorney, Gerry Spence. The family filed a lawsuit in September 2006 against Clackamas county, deputy county sheriff David E. Willard, Sandy city and former officer William J. Bergin. Bergin, who joined Sandy's police force in May 2005, quit the troops for criminal activity, and for unrelated activities pleaded guilty to official offenses in June 2009. The family suspected that the police used excessive force, made unconstitutional arrests and caused deaths wrong, among other allegations. In 2009, a one million dollar settlement with Sandy city was reached. A settlement with Clackamas County worth one million dollars was reached in March 2010. In both cases, no one claimed to have made a mistake. A Sandy City Manager and a lawyer representing the Clackamas area say that settlements are offered by insurance companies as business decisions.
Federal Judge's Decree on Taser Usage in Kaady
On January 30, 2009, Judge Paul Papak concluded that Sandy police officers should have known that, if someone did not pose a direct threat, the police were not allowed to use Tasers on someone just because the individual was not obeying orders. The trial was part of the Kaady family suit. Not long after this trial, a report on the Portland Police called for a rigorous guidance improvement to use less lethal weapons such as bean bag guns and Tasers.
References
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- news article from Sandy Post
- The judge adjudges Fouad Kaady's trial can proceed as planned
- What Happened to Fouad Kaady
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