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COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) — The family of a teenager shot to death in 2018 by Cottonwood Heights police has filed a federal lawsuit against the city, its police department, and some officers after violent clashes occurred at a protest in August...
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — Zane James' family felt almost entirely alone after his death in 2018. Few others had the same experience of losing a child to a police shooting, and their push for reform in their own city, Cottonwood Heights, seemed to be going nowhere, his mother Tiffany James recalled. That shifted last year after the murder of George Floyd spurred national outcry and widespread demonstrations. With new momentum, the James family organized a march calling for justice and honoring their son's life over the weekend of what would have been his 22nd birthday. The group of about 100 set ...
Family of man shot by police sues Cottonwood Heights, alleging they were brutalized at protest Traffic concerns were used as a pretext to target protesters, leading to the assault of the brother and father of Zane James, a lawsuit alleges. (Rick Bowmer | AP) Aaron James is arrested by Cottonwood Heights Police during a march Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. James was among eight people arrested by Cottonwood Heights Police in August. He is the father of Zane James, a 19-year-old white man who was shot and killed by a Cottonwood Heights Police officer in 2018 as he fled the s...
Family of slain teen sues Cottonwood Heights over injuries from protest Rick Bowmer/AP Protesters are tackled by Cottonwood Heights police officers during a march Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The protest was a "March for Justice" focused largely around Zane James, who was fatally shot by police in Cottonwood Heights in 2018. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) and last updated 2021-05-07 13:06:13-04 COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah â The parents of a 19-year-old shot by a Cottonwood Heights police officer in 2018 are now suing the city, saying they were unjustly attacked by officers dur...
Utah police would be banned from shooting people who are only a danger to themselves under this legislation HB237 clarifies that police should not use deadly force against a person who is suicidal and not threatening anyone else (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost, D-Salt Lake City, listens as Tiffany James, the mother of Zane James, gives testimony in support of HB0237, lethal force amendments, in the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Standing Committee, on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. | Feb. 27, 2021, 1:14 a.m. Utah police officers could s...