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Family Of Man Fatally Shot By Police Reaches $3.5 Million Settlement

July 21, 2020

In Martinsburg, W. VA, the family of a man who was shot 22 times by police has reached a settlement totaling $3.5 million. Wayne Jones, a black man with schizophrenia, was stopped by police in 2013. Police stopped him for walking in the road, and ultimately killed him that day.

The case was dismissed three times, until a federal appeals judge reversed the lower court’s decision last month. This reversal was in hopes of showing a powerful message against police use of deadly force.

After the trial court dismissed the case, Christopher Brown took on the appeal, and went in to win three appeals which resulted in $3.5 million settlement for the family.

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VA Attorney Overturns Dismissal of Case On Police Use of Deadly Force

July 10, 2020

The Brown Firm has recently announced that they have successfully overturned a wrongful case dismissal pertaining to the use of deadly force on a homeless schizophrenic black man. The case had been repeatedly dismissed and has been successfully appealed and overturned by the firm each time.

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NBC4 Washington – U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Qualified Immunity in Police Shooting, Writes ‘This Has to Stop’

June 12, 2020

A group of federal judges from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a ruling of qualified immunity for a group of officers in West Virginia. The ruling came in the case of Wayne Jones, a Black man shot and killed by five police officers in 2013.

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The Intercept – “THIS HAS TO STOP”: COURT REJECTS QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR OFFICERS WHO SHOT WAYNE JONES 22 TIMES

June 12, 2020

The Circuit Court of Appeals revived a federal civil rights lawsuit against police in Martinsburg, West Virginia, vacating a lower court ruling that had granted five officers qualified immunity in connection with the murder of Wayne Jones.

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CBS6 Richmond – Settlement reached in Henrico racial discrimination case

March 25, 2019

Henrico County will pay one of its employees who believes the county passed her over for a Risk Manager promotion in order to hire a less qualified Caucasian male.

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Press Release: The Brown Firm PLLC Successfully Appeals and Overturns Dismissal of Police Shooting Case Which Resulted in the Death of Wayne Jones

April 3, 2018

The Brown Firm PLLC has announced that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned an Order of the District Court in West Virginia concerning Wayne A. Jones, a black male, who was shot 22 times and killed by police officers on March 13, 2013.

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