PORTLAND, Maine — A federal judge will allow a wrongful death lawsuit to proceed against a Portland police officer who shot and killed a 22-year-old man in 2017, the Portland Press Herald reported.
Chance David Baker was killed five years ago when Sgt. Nicholas Goodman shot him in Union Station Plaza. Police responded to 911 calls about a man walking around the shopping plaza with what turned out to be an air rifle, and Goodman shot him within minutes of arriving.
Baker's mother and grandmother filed a lawsuit against Goodman, claiming he used excessive and illegal deadly force against Baker. Goodman argued in legal documents that his use of force was reasonable because he believed Baker posed an immediate threat to the public and other officers.
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