The new prosecutor in Oklahoma’s biggest county announces she is dropping criminal charges against seven police officers in three separate fatal shootings from 2020.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The new prosecutor in Oklahoma’s biggest county announced Friday she’s dropping criminal charges against seven police officers in three separate fatal shootings from 2020, including one in which five officers were charged with killing a 15-year-old boy outside a convenience store.
A former federal prosecutor and defense attorney from the suburb of Edmond, Behenna is the first woman elected top prosecutor in the state’s most populous county. She defeated conservative Republican Kevin Calvey last year to win a four-year term. Willard Paige, the investigator for the previous district attorney, said the officers fired live rounds “unnecessarily,” and that an autopsy determined Rodriguez suffered 13 gunshot wounds.
“When the district attorney of Oklahoma County apologizes to your face for the justice system failing you, it’s clear we need changes in the law,” Holland said.“These families are grieving,” she said. “No matter what this office does or says, these families are forever changed.” The shooting sparked days of protests and demonstrations by Black Lives Matter groups and other activists., who was charged with second-degree murder in the July 2020 shooting death of Christopher Pool.
“We’ve got seven police officers who were just doing their duty, and were placed in a position by all three of the deceased that they had to use deadly force,” James said.
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