In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, California stepped up with a plan: Put the state in charge of investigating police shootings of unarmed people.
In the meantime, some of the officers in at least two shootings have been cleared by their local police review commissions.
On Nov. 3, the Justice Department announced the resolution of its first case. That investigation was launched on July 15, 2021, when a 48-year-old man was shot in Hollywood waving a lighter fashioned with a pistol grip. The department found it hadagainst the two LAPD officers involved in the shooting. Neither officer agreed to be interviewed by the Justice Department, the state’s report showed.
“Will we do it as fast as we want? No. Will we do it as well as we could if we had the full funding? We’ll always find a way.” The rules around a police officer’s right to use deadly force changed in 2019. Previously, an officer could be justified in shooting someone if doing so was deemed “reasonable.” The lawSince 2016, state law enforcement officers shot and killed an average of 140 people annually. Of those shootings, about 40 were not armed with guns at the time of their deaths.
McCarty said he wants to remove the Justice Department’s discretion by bringing new legislation in January that would compel the state to review all civilian deaths caused by police officers, not just the shooting deaths. The lawmaker also wants to expand the state’s caseload to include people who were armed when they were killed by police.
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