Lawsuit Over Cop-On-Cop Killing Goes to Jury in Baltimore City Circuit Court

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Did Baltimore police officer Norman Stamp threaten a fellow member of the force with brass knuckles and then his service weapon, as the city Police Department concluded, or was he shot dead because he was in biker garb at the scene of an East Baltimore strip club brawl?

After two weeks of trial, a jury of three men and three women must now decide whether Officer John Torres acted reasonably when he fired his gun at Stamp, a well-liked 44-year veteran cop and cofounder of the "Chosen Sons" motorcycle club founder, in the early morning hours of April 24, 2008.

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Lawsuit Over Cop-On-Cop Killing Goes to Jury in Baltimore City Circuit Court

"If the decision to shoot was reasonable, that's it," Troy Priest, who is representing Torres, told the civil jury Wednesday afternoon in Baltimore City Circuit Court. "That'...

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