Oakland's police department is being sued over the murder of a man killed by a mentally ill squatter back in 2020 - with the victim's family saying the force failed to do its duty despite receiving several 911 calls detailing the then-developing situation.Thewas filed in federal court this week on behalf of the family of slain Miles Armstead - who had been moving his family out of their Ney Avenue home when he was shot in the back of the head by now-jailed Jamal Thomas.The fatal act of aggression, cops said at time, served as the culmination of a monthlong faceoff between the two men, which allegedly began after 46-year-old Thomas illegally occupied the house next door after being evicted months earlier.
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