SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San
Pablo is being sued because police shot and killed a wanted parolee who pointed
a gun at an officer during a chase.
The San Francisco Chronicle
(http://bit.ly/NjDNYU
) says the family of Akinlabi Minter contends he was "unlawfully
executed" last year. His grandmother and five children filed a federal
civil rights suit Tuesday in San Francisco. It names the city of San Pablo and
the officer who shot him.
Police say the 33-year-old
Minter was in a car stopped by police in January of 2011.
Police say he bolted, was
Tasered and then shot after pointing a loaded gun at an officer.
James Fitzgerald, an
attorney representing the city, says the shooting was justified.
But the
family's lawsuit says he posed no danger to the officer.