Current Events > Dea agent who ran over a woman says he should have immunity

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https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2024/05/07/dea-agent-fatal-crash/73542632007/

Attorneys for a Drug Enforcement Agency agent who struck and killed a Salem woman riding her bicycle in March 2023 argued Tuesday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that he had shown a plausible defense for immunity and should be allowed to continue, and seek dismissal of, his criminal case in federal court.

Prosecutors say Landis acknowledged he ran a stop sign at High and Leslie streets SE and had no lights or siren on when he hit Marganne Allen while she was riding her bike home from work on March 28, 2023.

Allen, 53, died at nearby Salem Health hospital.

Landis, 38, did not face immediate charges, and the case was transferred from Salem Police to Keizer Police due to a potential conflict of interest. Months later, the Marion County District Attorney's Office charged Landis with criminally negligent homicide.

Landis' attorneys argue he is entitled to use the federal defense of immunity under the Supremacy Clause because he was actively surveilling a "dangerous fentanyl supplier" while on duty, and his case was taken out of local circuit court and into federal court.
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Marion County prosecutors said Landis was not in danger or responding to an emergency at the time of the crash. There were no plans to arrest an individual being surveilled that day or to immediately stop a drug deal, prosecutors said. Other agents were ahead of him.

Cases like this are a stellar argument in favor of vigilante justice.

Its like something out of a sketch comedy show. Except real, and with a dead woman.

Mearcstapa posted...

Cases like this are a stellar argument in favor of vigilante justice.

The worst part is its DEA. He was in such a rush to stop people from taking drugs and maybe killing themselves that he killed a woman living a healthy lifestyle.

Nah, fuck that guy, throw the book at him

BDSMKane posted...

Its like something out of a sketch comedy show. Except real, and with a dead woman.

The worst part is its DEA. He was in such a rush to stop people from taking drugs and maybe killing themselves that he killed a woman living a healthy lifestyle.

he wasnt in a rush or trying to stop people from taking drugs tho

He was just being an asshole running through stop signs because he felt like it, and now someone is dead because of him. Throw the entire dictionary at this dumbass

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

he wasnt in a rush or trying to stop people from taking drugs tho

He was just being an asshole running through stop signs because he felt like it, and now someone is dead because of him. Throw the entire dictionary at this dumbass

But the dangerous fentanyl supplier!

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

he wasnt in a rush or trying to stop people from taking drugs tho

I know, it is just the tragic irony of the situation. The DEA as an agency is a joke.

DarthAragorn posted...

But the dangerous fentanyl supplier!

Exactly. This is what I was getting at.

If I understand

The original trial found the DEA cop guilty of negligent homicide.

The ninth court of- is sending the case back instead of upholding the judgement.

The court is trying to sit on the fence. They did not uphold the negligent homicide conviction.

Lots of drug laws are unconstitutional. Court knows this.