Dramatic audiotape of police wrongdoing emerges in police shooting case
4/17/2009
Portland, Maine
The Hallett Law Firm this week filed a Notice of Claim against the Cumberland County Sheriff's Department on behalf of of a man who was shot three times by sheriff's deputies while standing in his own home. Tom Hallett this week released the Sheriff's Department's own audiotape recording of the incident which reveals that the deputies did not identify themselves as law enforcement while banging on the door in the dark of the night and yelling, "open up the door." They then proceeded to shoot the man through the windows of his own home. As a result of the shooting the client lost his right arm just below the shoulder, and will likely require a hip replacement.
The story garnered extensive media coverage this week, including this MPBN story:
http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNews/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/1858/ItemId/10109/Default.aspx
