GREEN BAY, Wis–A federal appeals court rejects a lawsuit filed by the family of a man shot while in custody at the Brown County Jail. The family claimed that Jonathan Tubby’s civil rights were violated after deputies shot and killed him in a sally port at the jail following his arrest in 2018.
Tubby was still in handcuffs at the time he was shot–but did get his hands in front of his body. One of the arresting officers admitted that he could not remember if he frisked Tubby before putting him in the squad car–and could not guarantee he was not armed.
A federal judge initially dismissed the lawsuit last year and the appeals court upheld that decision this week.
