The San Francisco district attorney’s office released video showing a Walgreens security guard fatally shooting an unarmed man he suspected of shoplifting, footage that prosecutors said does not support filing charges against the guard.
Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony shot and killed Banko Brown, 24, on April 27 at the store in the 800 block of Market Street downtown after confronting Brown and telling him to return the items. The shooting set off a local firestorm, with some calling for murder charges to be brought.
“That is not something that we normally do in criminal cases,” Dist. Atty. Brooke Jenkins said at a news conference Monday. “But this, as we know, is an extraordinary set of circumstances that have had growing concern among San Franciscans and even beyond.” But John Burris, the attorney for Brown’s family, said he believes the newly released video shows Anthony was “always the most aggressive.”Prosecutors said Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony “acted in lawful self-defense.”
In the soundless video, which Burris pushed to be released, Brown can be seen walking around the store holding a bag. Brown walks to the store’s exit but is blocked by Anthony. According to the district attorney’s report, Anthony told investigators that Brown had threatened to stab him and that he “did not know what to expect.” No knife was found on Brown, police said.
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