The
devastated family of an unarmed teenage boy who was shot dead by a
Michigan sheriff's deputy earlier this year after flashing his car
lights at him has filed a lawsuit against the officer.
Deven
Guilford, 17, was pulled over by Sgt. Jonathan Frost, of Eaton County
Sheriff's Department, on a cold evening in February after flashing the
officer because he believed his brights were on.
During
the traffic stop, Guilford refused to put his hands behind his back or
give Frost any official documents, leading to an altercation between
them, according to county prosecutor Doug Lloyd.
This ended with Guilford lying dead in a snow-filled ditch, having been shot seven times by Frost.
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'Tragic
death': Deven Guilford (left and right), 17, was shot dead by Sgt.
Jonathan Frost, of Eaton County Sheriff's Department in Michigan, after
flashing the officer because he believed his brights were on
Traffic stop: This bodycam footage shows Frost pointing his stun gun at Deven on the night of the shooting
Now,
the teenager's grief-stricken relatives are taking legal action against
the officer and the county - four months after Lloyd cleared Frost of
any criminal wrongdoing in the February 28 shooting.
In
their suit, filed in federal court on Wednesday, the family members
claim Frost's 'entire course of action' in the fatal incident was
illegal' - and that it was 'in violation of Deven's constitutional
rights'.
'As
we take this action today we are outraged at the huge miscarriage of
justice done to our son Deven Guilford,' the boy's parents, Brian and
Becky Guilford, said in a statement on Wednesday.
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