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By: CBC News
Posted: 7:36 AM CST Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021
The family of Eishia Hudson has filed a civil claim for damages, 20 months after the 16-year-old was fatally shot by a Winnipeg police officer following a robbery and subsequent chase.
Cochrane Saxberg Barristers & Solicitors filed the statement of claim Wednesday with the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench on behalf of the family. Two unnamed Winnipeg police officers are named in the claim for “acts of recklessness, carelessness, and negligence that resulted in the death of Eishia,” a news release from Cochrane Saxberg said.
The Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) cleared the officer of criminal culpability in the shooting in January 2021. The officer, whose name hasn’t been released, said in a prepared statement to the police oversight agency during its probe that he feared the girl was driving at police to try to strike them. Five other officers were near the vehicle at the time.
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