FREDERICK v. MOTSINGER

No. 16-3523.

873 F.3d 641 (2017)

Darrell FREDERICK, Personal Representative of the Estate of Fallon Frederick, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Vince MOTSINGER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Alston Newcomb , Little Rock, AR, Plaintiff-Appellant.

John Lennon Wilkerson , Arkansas Municipal League, North Little Rock, AR, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before LOKEN, MURPHY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


Police officers called to a convenience store in Rogers, Arkansas, confronted Fallon Frederick, holding a four-inch folding knife and erratically pacing back and forth in a corner near two restrooms. Frederick refused to comply with Sergeant Scott Clifton's repeated commands to drop the knife. Officer Nick Torkelson discharged...

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