DEA agent was “unreasonable” in running stop sign, prosecutors argue

A U.S. DEA agent should be prosecuted for running a stop sign and killing a cyclist in south Salem last year because his pursuit of a drug trafficker was not urgent, the Marion County District Attorney’s Office argued on Friday in federal court.
Prosecutors asserted that Samuel T. Landis, 39, should not be immune from prosecution because his “actions were objectively unreasonable” and there was no way he could see oncoming traffic. Their filingin…





