TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 17, 2020

Mary Stewart, the mother of Darrius Stewart — the teen shot and killed in 2015 by Memphis police officer Connor Schilling — has filed a new federal civil suit seeking $17 million in damages from the former officer. The suit states that her son’s constitutional and civil rights were violated by Schilling, the Daily Memphian reports. A Shelby County grand jury declined to indict Schilling on criminal charges and the U.S. Department of Justice Department determined there was not enough evidence to charge him with a federal crime. Darrius’s father filed a $7 million civil lawsuit against the city in 2016 but the city was dismissed from the suit.