Federal Circuit Says ‘Bad Men’ Ruling In Police Shooting Case Was Wrong

Mealey's (January 30, 2017, 12:38 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 27 vacated and remanded a ruling rejecting claims by parents of a Ute Tribe member who died during a police chase that federal agents violated the “bad men provision” in a treaty with the tribe by failing to properly investigate whether their son shot himself during the incident or was shot execution-style by a local policeman (Debra Jones, et al. v. United States, No. 15-5148, Fed. Cir.; 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 1479)....