Destinee Thompson, 27, was fatally shot by officers with the Arvada Police Department in August 2021. CBS News reported her family filed a wrongful death and excessive force lawsuit on Tuesday.

The complaint comes over a year after the district attorney decided not to press charges against five officers who were present at the time of her death.

“I find that the officer’s use of deadly physical force was legally justified to defend himself and others from the threat posed,” District Attorney Alexis King wrote in an April 2022 letter, according to Atlanta Black Star.

Destinee’s father, Francis Thompson, said he plans to seek justice against the police officers who seemingly were threatened by her during the altercation.

“I want their badges,” Francis told CBS News. “She’s 5-foot tall, seven months pregnant. … You’re a grown man and you’re threatened by that? You don’t deserve to be able to wear a badge.”

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