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[GK86]

Shocking news.

Federal authorities announced on Tuesday they have ended their investigation of the fatal police shooting of a black man in a Walmart store, concluding there wasn’t enough evidence to charge the white officer who killed him.

The officer shot John Crawford III on Aug. 5, 2014, after police responded to an emergency call about someone waving a rifle in a store in Beavercreek, a Dayton suburb. Police said Crawford, who was 22, didn’t obey commands to drop what they learned later was an air rifle he was carrying from a store shelf.

A special grand jury declined to indict anyone, and the Department of Justice then said it would probe possible civil rights violations.

“The government would be required both to disprove his (Williams’) stated reason for the shooting — that he was in fear of death or serious bodily injury — and to affirmatively establish that Officer Williams instead acted with the specific intent to violate Mr. Crawford’s rights,” they said in a statement, adding that the evidence “simply cannot satisfy those burdens.”

The family’s attorney, Michael Wright, said it has been a frustrating wait and now their only recourse is their civil lawsuit, which is pending in federal court for trial next year.

“The family is very upset. They’re still grieving,” he said. “And now it appears there’s no recourse and that nothing will be done through the criminal justice system. It’s almost like these guys are getting away with murder.”

 

[BronsonLee]

This is the one where some old fuck essentially SWATted the guy, right

 

[Slayven]

This is the one where some old fuck essentially SWATted the guy, right

Yeah

 

[commedieu]

Thanks for putting shocking news in op. Expectations were already low because you can just say a negro is up to no good and police will execute it, no questions asked.

But at least now you get money for your dead loved one. Instead of lynching your entire family for troubling good people on a sunday.

So that's progress.

 

[Beefy]

Getting away with murder again

 

[Toxi]

America never changes.

 

[AntraxSuicide]

I hope they ream the cop who did it for everything he's got. And the city.

God, fuck these people.

 

[Vicetrailia]

Tired of this shit. If they kill me they're getting away with it aren't they. Nothing I can do.

 

[EdibleKnife]

And don't forget the asshole who lied on the 911 call got off scot-free for being responsible for Crawford's death. People who honestly want to claim the end of racism or how black people have an unwarranted chip on their shoulders enable this bullshit.

 

[Ri'Orius]

Isn't it funny how to hold an officer accountable, the DA needs to meet a very high bar of proof, whereas to shoot a guy in the street a cop just needs to say the five magic words "I feared for my life"?

 

[Nabs]

Sigh.

 

[Syriel]

This is the one where some old fuck essentially SWATted the guy, right

1) Caller to 911 flat out lied.
2) PO came in with gun at-the-ready.

 

[TAJ]

1) Caller to 911 flat out lied.
2) PO came in with gun at-the-ready.

They literally shot him on sight.