Three siblings are appealing a judge's ruling that threw out their wrongful death lawsuit in connection with the 2017 shooting death of their father. The children of George “Ryan” Gipp Jr. sued two Bureau of Indian Affairs officers and the federal government in 2019. The judge had dismissed one of the officers from the case in 2022. U.S.
The William L. Guy Federal Building is seen, April 2, 2024, in Bismarck, N.D. The family of George “Ryan” Gipp Jr. is appealing a judge’s ruling from January 2024 that essentially dismissed their wrongful death lawsuit, filed in 2019, in connection with Gipp’s shooting death in 2017 during a traffic stop on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota . They alleged BIA Officer Raymond Webb’s uses of his Taser and deadly force were unreasonable. BISMARCK, N.D.
U.S. Justice Department attorneys said Webb’s uses of the Taser and deadly force were “reasonable and justified.” They said Gipp’s actions, such as ignoring the officers’ commands and “repeatedly reaching into a weighed-down hoodie pocket,” “heightened the perceived threat level.” After Webb used his Taser, Gipp ran behind the other officer’s vehicle and pulled “a black, shiny object” from his pocket that Webb reasonably believed was a gun, according to the government.
The traffic stop occurred after a report of a gun fired in the parking lot of a gas station in Fort Yates, according to court documents. The family said Gipp had accidentally discharged a shotgun after turkey hunting with his parents, and threw the gun out the vehicle’s window before the traffic stop. Gipp’s parents were with him but the officers put them in the backseats of their vehicles before the shooting, according to court documents.
The family is now asking the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to revive the case and send it back for a trial so they can present evidence in court, plaintiff attorney Tom Conlin said in an interview. They filed an appellant brief in mid-April.
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