First lawsuit over 'foreseeable and preventable' attack on New Orleans announced against city, police [View all]
Source: The Independent
Sunday 05 January 2025 04:27 GMT
The first lawsuit over the terror attack in New Orleans is set to be filed and targets police for its “negligence” leading to the New Year’s Day rampage that left 14 dead and dozens injured.
Law firm Maples & Connick, LLC announced Saturday its plans to file a lawsuit against the city and NOPD “for their failure to implement basic safety precautions for citizens and visitors” that “paved the way” for the attack. The suit will be filed at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the firm claims.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen from Texas, “intentionally” drove a rented Ford pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street mere hours into the new year, the FBI has said. Fourteen people were killed and 35 people were injured in the terror attack. The suspect had also planned to detonate two explosives that he had planted on Bourbon Street hours before he plowed into the crowd, authorities said. Police killed Jabbar while exchanging gunfire.
The law firm’s evidence will demonstrate that the attack was “both foreseeable and preventable,” the release said. No further details were provided.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/new-orleans-attack-police-lawsuit-b2673891.html
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