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A federal appeals court has dismissed the qualified immunity claim filed on behalf of a Walworth County sheriff’s deputy who shot into a moving car more than five years ago, killing a passenger. The U.S. 7th District Court of Appeals in Chicago issued a mandate Monday that will send the lawsuit brought by the family of Christopher J. Davis back to U.S. District Court in Milwaukee. That court previously denied the claim of qualified immunity from the deputy who shot Davis, 21. The appellate court decided Feb. 5 that it did not have jurisdiction to say Juan Ortiz fit under the qualified im...

189 3 minutes read On Feb. 25, activists gathered in Milwaukee to celebrate a long-awaited legal victory in the fight for justice for Christopher Davis. Exactly five years after Davis was killed by then Deputy Juan Ortiz, a judge has allowed a civil case brought against Ortiz to go to a jury trial. The celebration was organized by the racial justice group The People’s Revolution. A massive snow statue was constructed in Davis’ honor and a group of several dozen people marched to the home of Davis’ mother, Doretha Lock, to remember Davis and continue to demand justice. “We are all...