A federal lawsuit has now been filed against several Louisiana law enforcement agencies for the fatal shooting of six-year-old Jeremy Mardis, who
"suffered immensely" on November 3, 2015, due to
"a barbaric and excessive use of deadly force."Attorneys representing Christopher Few, Jeremy's father, who suffered serious injuries in the incident; mother, Catherine Mardis; and Candace Few, whose vehicle her brother, Christopher, drove the night of the shooting, filed a federal civil lawsuit on Thursday in an attempt at justice for the needless death of the young child.
In fact,
video footage of the incident so shocked Louisiana State Police Col. Mike Edmonson, he
told reporters in November,
"It is the most disturbing thing I've seen, and I will leave it at that."According to the lawsuit, referenced by
KLFY, defendants include "Norris Greenhouse Jr. and Derrick Stafford, the two former Marksville Ward 2 deputy marshals facing second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the case. Both pleaded not guilty and are facing separate trials.
"But the lawsuit also names as defendants Marksville City Marshal Floyd Voinche, the Marksville City Court, the town of Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Progressive Paloverde Insurance Company and the other two officers involved in the chase of Few that night — Jason Brouillette and Kenneth Parnell III."
On November 3, 2015, according to the original police account, the four officers were
attempting to serve a warrant for Few — who then fled in his sister's Kia Sport, with Jeremy buckled in the passenger seat.
Police had claimed Few was armed and posed an imminent deadly threat — so Officers Greenhouse and Stafford
opened fire — emptying 18 rounds at the vehicle, critically injuring Few and killing the 6-year-old, who had autism.
Comment: Update (Oct. 29): Three were killed and 40 injured today, the second day of the terrorists attack on western Aleppo:
An official at Aleppo's central hospital told RIA Novosti that a total of at least 15 people were killed and 150 wounded after terrorist shelling of residential areas, presumably in the last day. Over the past three days, the Russian MOD says 43 civilians were killed from 62 mortar and "Helfire" canon attacks, and 96 wounded.
See also this report from RT's Murad Gazdiev: War crime: U.S.-backed terrorists kill 6 civilians, 71 wounded in Aleppo