Officer faces lawsuit alleging DUI

ABERDEEN, Miss. — A Mississippi policeman will face claims that he drunk-drove into a motorist’s car at a railroad crossing, then misled officers into pinning the incident on the motorist. A federal court denied qualified immunity to the cop, finding a reasonable officer “would have understood that deliberately disregarding an obvious and substantial risk of serious harm by driving while intoxicated, at more than twice the posted speed limit, over railroad tracks, and into an intersection occupied by civilian traffic in a non-emergency situation, could constitute deliberate indifference” to the motorist’s 14th Amendment rights.Read the ruling here.Subscribe to our free newslettersOur weekly newsletter Closing Arguments offers the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world, while the monthly Under the Lights dishes the legal dirt from Hollywood, sports, Big Tech and the arts.Additional Reads