Timpa, 32, called 911 from the parking lot of a porn store near Mockingbird Lane and said he was afraid and unarmed, adding he was off his prescription...
Timpa, 32, called 911 from the parking lot of a porn store near Mockingbird Lane and said he was afraid and unarmed, adding he was off his prescription medication for anxiety and schizophrenia. Body-camera reveals Timpa was handcuffed behind his back and pinned face down by officers as he yelled for help more than 30 times before he died.The City of Dallas is representing Officers Dustin Dillard, who knelt on Timpa’s back for nearly 14 minutes, Raymond Dominguez, Kevin Mansell and Danny Vasquez.
Questions over whether the trial should be held outside Dallas were also raised in July, when jury selection was initially set to begin.Godbey threatened at the time to move the trial to Lubbock, saying he was “hugely unhappy” with the prevalence of media coverage leading up to jury selection, according to the transcript. He delayed the trial until this week and issued a gag order, which prevents attorneys, Timpa’s family and others directly involved from speaking publicly about the case.
The Dallas Morning News first reported Timpa’s death in a 2017 investigation after police refused to say how a man who called 911 for help ended up dead. After a three-year legal battle, The News obtained the officers’ body-camera footage in 2019. Vicki Timpa told The News about two months ago that her son’s death had ruined the entire family, adding she “hasn’t even had a life” as they fought for justice the last seven years.Three of the officers were indicted in 2017 on criminal charges of misdemeanor deadly conduct, but Dallas County District Attorney John CreuzotRelated:
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