Police will not face charges in #pascoshooting death of Mexican man.
Sorry for reposting this but I couldn’t find a post that didn’t include the video and photo. The Original Post is Here (TW: Death, police brutality)
Three police officers in Washington state who shot and killed a Mexican man earlier this year during a controversial encounter that was captured on cellphone video will not face criminal charges.
Sant confirmed the decision at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon after considering the findings of a police investigation into the shooting for more than three months. He said Zambrano-Montes was fatally shot for turning towards police with a 2.8lb rock in his handafter repeatedly throwing other rocks at police and cars.
“The officers used lethal force to prevent injury to themselves and others,” said Sant, who described the shooting as “reasonable under the standards established in our state laws” and lacking in malice.
This is an execution. There is no sense in which any of the possible defenses offered to police officers in 4th amendment jurisprudence can apply here. It is outrageous, unacceptable and not only worthy of prosecution but a prosecution is demanded by the evidence. The officer’s claims of justifiable force are laughable. #Hate it!
