"We all bleed the same".
Dominique Heaggan-Brown, who also is black, was in on patrol when he and another police officer stopped two men. Like that case, it involved suspects with guns, split-second decisions about self-defense and video evidence.
Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm said, "We pursued it aggressively and we presented a strong case". "You can not base your judgments on what the public sentiment is". The demonstrations grew so intense that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett ordered the city be placed under curfew, prompting Gov. Scott Walker to activate the National Guard. In the playground outside the Boys and Girls Club in Sherman Park, dozens of people gathered to recall Smith's life and discuss the verdict. He says nothing good can come out of violent protest. At that moment, Heaggan-Brown fired at him, hitting his right arm.
The night after the shooting of Mr. Smith, prosecutors said Officer Heaggan-Brown went to a bar, met a man, drank heavily and "bragged about being able to do whatever" he wanted "without repercussions". Sedan Smith, Sylville Smith's brother said. Attorney Steven R. Kohn is at upper right.
The suit claims that the city kept the former officer at work despite a "pervasive pattern of excessive force and misconduct". Then, they heard from the only defense witness, an expert in police use of force, who happened to have written the use of force manual used by Milwaukee police officers.
"At the same time, they understand that this tremendous amount of discretionary power is given to police officers - the power over life and death in certain circumstances - and they want that to be accountable". The officer was sacked two months after the shooting when he was charged in an unrelated sexual assault.
The jury made its judgment after two days of deliberation.
"That's what they've done".
"A year ago I told the public I'd seen nothing in the video that was a violation of the law or policy", Flynn said in a statement. That's how the jury saw it too.
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MCEVERS: Marge Pitrof of WUWM in Milwaukee, thank you so much. "It's better that you're here to make our community great". Marge Pitrof from member station WUWM in Milwaukee is with us now. LaTonya Johnson of Milwaukee. "Why are they trained to kill when they supposed to protect and serve us?" he said. It included having all spectators pass through a second metal detector outside the courtroom.
A jury said after five days of deliberation that Yanez had acted reasonably and was not guilty.
The trial for the 25-year-old officer began Monday, June 12. It may have thought the fact that Smith threw his gun away just before being killed gave it hope of obtaining a conviction. "He's running eastbound. Shots fired, shots fired, shots fired", said an unidentified officer. Later, Heaggan-Brown was taken away from the scene, and he asked for medical attention for a bee sting he got during the shooting.
Jurors viewed the incident multiple times, at real speed, in slow motion, and frame-by-frame.
Prosecutors focused on the second of two shots aimed at Smith, saying he was no longer armed by that time and the officer should not have fired again.
"While Smith raises his gun upward, P.O. Heaggan-Brown discharges one shot from his service weapon at Smith and Smith falls to the ground on his back".
Smith then fell to the ground and was unarmed, but Heaggan-Brown fired a second shot at Smith's chest, according to the criminal complaint.
During the trial, Heaggan-Brown's lawyer told the jury that the "first shot was a justifiable shot and that justification did not change in 1.69 seconds", The Associated Press reported.
After Smith was shot Heaggan-Brown and Officer Ndiva Malafa check on each other.
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