article_snippet: the 41-page response to the family's lawsuit filed Friday further says that "Plaintiffs' decedent's injuries, losses, and damages complained of, were directly and proximately caused by the acts of Plaintiffs' decedent, not this Defendant.
article_snippet: the lawsuit seeks to eliminate certain institutional behaviors and practices that have no place in our diverse community.
article_snippet: Rice family co-counsel Benjamin Crump said the Rice family was "just in disbelief" after reading the city's response to the lawsuit.
article_snippet: CNN's Kristina Sgueglia, Catherine E. Shoichet and Vivian Kuo contributed to this report.