A prosecutor in Massachusetts says her office will review an investigation into a nearly decade-old case in which a 68-year-old Black man, Eurie Stamps, was killed by police during a drug raid that was targeting his stepson.
– all of whom have become rallying cries for protesters demanding officers be held responsible for their deaths.in connection to his Memorial Day death. Floyd died when Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for several minutes.
Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, while three other officers face charges of aiding and abetting. Brooks was shot and killed after an encounter with Atlanta police officers in June. Garrett Rolfe, one of the officers involved in the incident has since been fired and faces 11 charges, including felony murder. Another officer remains with the Atlanta Police Department and is charged with aggravated assault.In the Taylor case, none of the three officers has been charged in her shooting death in March.
Prosecutors often have difficulty getting convictions of officers charged crimes related to using deadly force in the line of duty. Last month in Missouri, a St. Louis County prosecutor announced after reviewing the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old Black man, which sparked weeks of protests in the city of Ferguson, that he would not reopen the case against the former officer.told NPR's All Things Considered"And, you know, unfortunately, we just - we don't have the evidence to ethically bring a charge against Darren Wilson.
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