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Nicolas Morales Jr (14): “I hope the Collier County Sheriff can see what they did, that they can learn from their mistakes. I want them to take action, and to have something to say to us. We just want justice, that is all we want.”
Jesse Andrade, Nicolas Jr’s stepbrother: “Nicolas was a father, he was a brother, he was a son, he was a human being… but [the Sheriff’s Officers] didn’t see him like that, they just seen him like any other migrant worker, and just thought, I can get away with this. But they didn’t know that Nicolas had a strong family behind him.”
MacArthur Justice Center’s Alexa Van Brunt: “We bring this lawsuit above all to seek justice for Nicolas Morales’s family… and to shed light on the policies and practices of the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, which is perpetuating a culture of violence and a lack of accountability.”
This past Thursday afternoon, outside the federal courthouse in downtown Fort Myers, Florida — 37 miles from the quiet streets of Farmworker Village in Immokalee, where nearly two years ago Collier County Sheriff’s Deputy Pierre Jean killed farmworker and single father Nicolas Morales with three bullets shot at point blank range — Nicolas Morales Jr, 14, and several members of his extended family gathered with their legal team and members of the Immokalee community to deliver a message to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO): The fight for justice in the wake of the CCSO’s brutal and unjustified killing of Nicolas is far from over.
Following months of diligent work behind the scenes, the legal team representing Nicolas’s family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit last week against the three deputies involved in Nicolas’s death – Corporal Pierre Jean, Corporal Nathan Kirk, and Deputy Brian Tarazona – as well as Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk himself for, among other things, “perpetuat[ing] a culture of violence and impunity within the CCSO, [by] failing to discipline officers who needlessly beat, tase and shoot civilians.”
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Surrounded by cameras and microphones, Nicolas Jr and his family delivered their message in a powerful, often deeply emotional, press conference. The events of the day were covered in-depth by English- and Spanish-language press, including the Naples Daily News [[link removed]] and Fort Myers News-Press.
Community gathers as Immokalee family announces lawsuit against CCSO deputies [[link removed]] It has been a long and frustrating road that brought Nicolas Morales’s family to the steps of the federal courthouse in Fort Myers last Thursday, a journey marked with failure after failure of accountability each step of the way: the CCSO’s internal review, the local State Attorney’s review, the debacle at the Citizen Review Panel, the list is painfully long. This unending series of failures has pushed the family further from Southwest Florida and toward a place unencumbered by the relationships and conflicting interests that have rendered those with the power to hold Nicolas’s killers accountable ignorant to the agonizingly obvious facts.
Naples Daily News While their infinite love for Nicolas and pain at his loss have fueled his family’s tireless efforts to seek justice, the family’s patience with the local avenues for redress has finally run out after nearly two years, and they turn now to the federal courts to review the overwhelming evidence of excessive and unjustifiable use of deadly force.
Family sues Collier County deputies for shooting death of Immokalee man [[link removed]] , NBC2 And the CIW will continue to accompany them every step of the way on this new road until justice is finally done. From the very next morning after Nicolas was shot and killed to today, the CIW has stood shoulder to shoulder with Nicolas Jr. and the Morales family in their calls for justice – and we will continue by their side over the months and years ahead as this case unfolds.
Family files lawsuit against Collier County Sheriff’s Office [[link removed]] , Fox 4 News Southwest Florida
Family of Immokalee man killed by deputies in 2020 to sue sheriff’s office [[link removed]] , WINK News
Federal lawsuit filed in police shooting death of Immokalee man [[link removed]] , WGCU
Familiares de Nicolas Morales Besannia presentaran una demanda a alguaciles del Condado Collier [[link removed]] , WINK News Espanol
Familia demandara a autoridades por supesto uso de fuerza excesiva [[link removed]] , Telemundo 49 Tampa
Family files lawsuit against Collier County Sheriff’s Office [[link removed]] , Southwest Florida Daily News
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