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A federal appeals court has affirmed a
jury's decision that a Minneapolis police officer did not use
excessive force when he shot a fleeing teenager eight times.

      The survivors of 19-year-old Fong Lee sued the city and Officer
Jason Anderson after the 2006 shooting outside a Minneapolis
elementary school. A gun was found near Lee's body.

      His family contended that security video showed that Lee was
unarmed, and argued that the officer planted the gun. But Andersen
and a state trooper both testified they saw Lee carrying a gun, and
that he refused orders to drop it.

      In a ruling Thursday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said
the evidence supported the jury's verdict and that the family got a
fair trial.
      

Fong Lee family seeks another chance to try Mpls. officer

A federal appeals court has affirmed a
jury's decision that a Minneapolis police officer did not use
excessive force when he shot a fleeing teenager eight times.


Verdict in Minneapolis police shooting case upheld

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