Attorney Gillian Cassell-Stiga said the city agreed last week to allow Dominque White’s parents to view the footage from his Sept. 28 shooting by two officers near an east Topeka park. But Cassell-Stiga said the city later said that a 2016 state law limits a review of the footage to White’s four children, aged 3 to 13. “The position the city has decided to take is absurd and practically untenable.”City spokeswoman Molly Hadfield said talks are ongoing between attorneys for both the family and the city of Topeka. His version would have allowed White’s parents and their attorneys to view the footage; groups representing sheriffs, police chiefs and law enforcement officers supported the law that passed. Topeka police initially said he struggled with officers, reached for a gun in a pocket and was shot at least once in the chest.

Source: National Post November 13, 2017 23:26 UTC