TPD officers testify in lawsuit about student's eye injury during 2001 Fourth Ave. riots

The former UA student whose eye was shot out during the Fourth Avenue riot two years ago heard Tucson police officers give their account of the incident in court yesterday.

Jeff Knepper, who filed a $3 million lawsuit against the City of Tucson, said police were negligent during the April 2, 2001, riots following the UA men's basketball loss to Duke in the NCAA championship. Knepper's lawyer, Carl Piccarreta, said he spent most of the morning trying to build a case against the Tucson Police Department to prove negligence. [Read article]

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