Delaware police used ‘unnecessary force’, killing Black man: suit

Lawsuit comes after bodycam footage released that appears to show Lymond Moses died while fleeing police

The family of Lymond Moses, a Black man shot to death by Delaware police in January, announced a lawsuit against the police on Monday that claims his death was not justified and is another example of unnecessary deadly force by white police against Black citizens. Moses, 30, was killed around 1am local time (5:00 GMT) on January 13 in Wilmington during an encounter with three New Castle County police officers, two of whom fired into his car nine times, with the fatal shot striking his head, according to the death certificate. Several hours after the shooting, the police department issued a press release which stated that Moses fled the officers in his car, hit a dead end, made a U-turn “and drove at a high rate of speed directly at the officers. The officers subsequently discharged their firearms and struck the driver”.