["Have you ever see one lone white man lynch one lone Black man? Have you ever seen it done without a gun?"] Black Woman Still Seeking Justice in Father's Death at Hands of Cleveland Cops in '92

From [HERE] The daughter of a Black man who died after a Cleveland police officer placed him in a chokehold has filed another lawsuit against the city of Cleveland. The lawsuit comes more than 22 years after Michelle Jones' father passed away and is the second time Jones filed suit in less than two years. Her previous suit was dismissed because she had not properly served all the parties to the case. 

Jones, who was not born when Michael Pipkins died, filed the latest suit Friday in the U.S. District Court. She is asking for at least $14 million in damages from the city. The city settled a lawsuit with other members of Pipkins' family in 2001.

Pipkins died Dec. 28, 1992, after white Officer Michael Tankersley placed him in a chokehold and smothered/pounced on him with another white cop, rendering him unconscious, according to the lawsuit.

The city also requested U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. dismiss the suit, saying Jones was not appointed to represent Pipkins' estate and that the claims' statute of limitation ran out nearly two decades ago. Oliver dismissed that suit in January 2014 upon Jones' request. He never addressed the city's concerns.

The new case is being heard by Judge Dan Polster.

As two white cops attempted to arrest Pipkins he attempted to flee, and a struggle ensued.

According to the officers, Officer Gibson grabbed Pipkins around the mid-section and wrapped his leg around Pipkins' legs in an attempt to trip him. Both men fell, Pipkins landing on top of Officer Gibson. Officer Tankersley pulled Pipkins off of Officer Gibson, then pushed him to the ground, face down with his arms under his chest. Both officers were on top of Pipkins as they attempted to pull his arms out and handcuff them behind his back.

Officer Tankersley applied a "choke hold" to Pipkins, placing his arm around Pipkins' neck and applying pressure, thereby rendering him unconscious [and killing him]. The cops then handcuffed Pipkins. Pipkins was limp and motionless when the officers carried his dead body to their patrol car and "threw" him into the back seat, where he landed face down with his head in Rubin Smith's lap (Smith arrested in connection with the same stolen car). After driving a short distance, the officers stopped and removed Rubin Smith from the back seat, purportedly out of concern for Smith's safety. They proceeded to the Fourth District police station, with Pipkins still lying face down in the back seat. The officers dragged Pipkins into a cell and dropped him on the floor, where he lay unconscious, made no sounds, and did not appear to be breathing, for nearly fifteen minutes before officers eventually summoned emergency medical personnel. [MORE]

The Cuyahoga County Coroner's office ruled Pipkins death a homicide and the City of Cleveland settled a lawsuit filed by Pipkins' parents, Jack and Betty Blair. Tankersley resigned from Cleveland Police in June 2013. It was not immediately known when Gibson left the department.

Pipkin's death sparked demonstrations and a call for an investigation into how police treat people in their custody. White prosecutors did not press charges against Tankersley. At the time, Mayor Michael White declined a community group's request for an independent investigation into Pipkins death.

Pat D'Angelo, the attorney for the Cleveland Police Patrolman's Association, said Tankersley remained on the force and won an appeal to reduce the amount of discipline he faced from Pipkins' death.

Tankersley also got in and out of trouble in 1995. Court records show he was indicted on charges of felonious assault with a firearm and vandalism for attacking a man and breaking into his home.

D'Angelo said Tankersley was fired after the indictment, but won appeal to be reinstated.

Court records show Tankersley pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor assault. [MORE]

Tankersley was also one of five officers on scene when police shot and killed Illuminado Lopez in July 2011.

He was named in a lawsuit filed by Lopez's family in 2013. U.S. District Judge Patricia Gaughan dismissed the suit in November, though it is being appealed.

Tankersley was also named in a suit filed in May that alleges he repeatedly punched Jovon Warren in the face in 2012 after Warren asked for his badge number following a stop. Tankersley, in court filings, has denied this allegation.

Finally, he pleaded guilty in 1999 to misdemeanor assault, stemming from an incident four years earlier. The city of Cleveland fired him, but he was later reinstated, according to court filings.