Vanessa Marquez's Mother Sues Over Her Daughter's Shooting By Police
조회 수 4 추천 수 0 2020.07.20 06:48:01The mother of former actress Vanessa Marquez, who was shot by police at her home in 2018, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Pasadena.
The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims that while paramedics were performing a wellness check on the 49-year-old, tour bali giá rẻ police escalated the tension once she refused to be taken to a hospital.
Marquez was living in South Pasadena, California when the shooting occurred on August 30 2018, when friends asked paramedics to check on her, according to Delia McElfresh's lawsuit, which is seeking unspecified damages.
Her mother's lawsuit states that the paramedics brought police officers, who disregarded the paramedic's assertion that Marquez had a right to refuse to be taken to hospital.
Marquez was best known for playing nurse Wendy Goldman on the popular NBC medical drama ER, also starring George Clooney
Instead, the suit claims, that they escalated a confrontation that ultimately led to her death.
'This is exactly the kind of lethal and unnecessary police action that has led so many in the country to call out for police reform,' attorney Vicki Sarmiento said.
'This was a situation in which Ms.
Marquez was in her home minding her own business and instead of receiving assistance from medical professionals, she was shot to death.'
Marquez's mother McElfesh reportedly was reluctant to bring the lawsuit against the city, hoping that the officers involved would be held accountable, but she decided to file her case so that her daughter could receive justice, according to Sarmiento.
Following an investigation, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office concluded that the two officers at the scene had acted in self-defense when Marquez threatened them with a handgun, which was later discovered to be a BB-type gun.
'She was suffering from some problems, eating disorder,' Sgt.
Joe Mendoza of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told reporters at the scene. 'When they (officers) arrived, she was suffering a seizure.'
Marquez is best known for playing nurse Wendy Goldman on the popular NBC medical drama ER, that also starred George Clooney, between 1994 and 1997.
Distressing bodycam footage was released earlier this year showing the moments that led up to Marquez being shot by the police officers.
In the footage, Marquez can be seen sitting in her bedroom in cluttered 'hoarding conditions' after police officers were called to the property in South Pasadena.
'I'm not going,' the actress tells the pair of officers after they tell her is being taken into custody for her own safety.
She is then seeing drawing a pair of scissors from a handbag, followed by pistol, which was later found to be BB gun.
One of the officers says: 'Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, s**t, she's got a gun. She's got a gun. Gun! Gun! Gun!' And the police immediately back out of the apartment.
Marquez can be heard asking the officer to 'kill her' as they tell her to drop the gun and back out of the apartment.
In harrowing footage, the officers can be heard pleading with Marquez again to drop the gun while they wait at the bottom of the stairs.
The actress appears on the steps holding the gun before the officers open fire.
