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    [–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Well, that is the nice part. The policeman has a chance to tell that to the jury.

    [–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Not really a headline. Just another day in America.

    A California police officer was charged with voluntary manslaughter Wednesday after he fatally shot a Black man wielding a baseball bat inside a Walmart in April.

    San Leandro officer Jason Fletcher failed to attempt to de-escalate the situation before shooting 33-year-old Steven Demarco Taylor on April 18, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy E. O’Malley announced Wednesday, saying that Taylor did not pose an “imminent threat of death or great bodily injury to Officer Fletcher or to anyone else in the store.”

    “The decision to file the criminal complaint was made after an intensive investigation and thorough analysis of the evidence and the current law,” O’Malley said in a statement.

    “The work of police officers is critical to the health, safety and well-being of our communities. Their job is one of the most demanding in our society, especially in these current challenging times. They are sworn to uphold and enforce the laws.”

    Fletcher responded to the San Francisco Bay Area Walmart around 3 p.m. on April 18 after Taylor attempted to leave the store with an aluminum baseball bat and a tent without paying, according to the district attorney’s office.

    [–]Firstbrickwall 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    The police officer was doing work for the greater good.

    [–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    That does not mean he was doing it very well.