“It is 2023, three years after our nation erupted in protest over the police murder of George Floyd, and we are still witnessing Salt Lake County families left with medical bills and unanswered trauma from police shootings.”
posed too high a bar for him and his prosecutors. Gill held a 90-minute press conference excusing his inaction, which is in stark contrast to how his office normally conducts business.
Every day the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office ceaselessly files charges against people who have legitimate defenses, including those with self-defense claims. These prosecutions proceed against defendants —— who are Black, Latinx, Indigenous and poor. For these people there will be no press conference explaining a lack of prosecution. But when it comes to police who use unjustified force, Gill has simply abandoned his duty to protect the community.
That professed standard should apply to everyone in Salt Lake County, even the police. In the eyes of justice, a police officer is the same as every other person and should be held to the same standard. That is especially true when the district attorney acknowledges that a police officer’s conduct was unjustified. But it simply is not the case.
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