dispute. according to the tolan's sergeant cotton pushed marian into the garage door. the tolan's say when robby rose to protest cotton's handling of his mother cotton shot at him three times, hit ing him once. sergeant cotton told a different story. he and officer edwards maintain marian refused to remain calm and quiet and it was when her son robby tried to intervene that sergeant cotton feared for his life and shot robby. sergeant cotton was with tried for aggravated assault by a public servant. a you are jury acquitted him, agreeing that the shooting was justified. robby are tolan survived the shooting though a bullet is still in his liver today. as the jurors learned the vehicle wasn't stolen. officer edwards typed the wrong license plate number into the system. he was off by one digit. the family pursued a civil suit claiming the actions were