For Star subscribers: The former Tucson police officer, fired after killing a shoplifting in a motorized scooter, appears unlikely to face criminal charges. It shows how officers escape accountability in court.
That's what local officials tell me when I ask about the case against former Tucson police officer Ryan Remington.
Maybe, but it feels to me like we're simply seeing a well-known truth revealed again: Our justice system is deferential toward law enforcement officers who use violence. By law or through custom, police receive a benefit of the doubt that the rest of us don't, even after apparently egregious acts. She took a long, roundabout route in coming to an initial manslaughter charge against Remington. She assembled prosecutors from outside Pima County, hired experts to review the scenario, and then had a seasoned prosecutor make the initial grand jury presentation on Aug. 24, 2022.
Uncommon defense role at grand jury As a member of the Tucson Police Officers Association, Remington is represented by attorney Mike Storie in the criminal proceedings at court and in his planned challenge of the decision to fire him. Storie protested the way the report he provided was presented to the grand jury — read in complete, boring detail and offered as a"defense" report. The prosecution's reports, in contrast, were labeled"independent" by Ward, Storie said.
In part, this is because Tucson police and the new Pima Regional Critical Incident Team release video of the shooting incidents relatively soon afterward. Most of the time, these videos have shown a clear danger to the officers or the public that justified the killing.
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