A special grand jury in Virginia has indicted a former police officer for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a shopping mall earlier this year. Wesley Shifflett was a Fairfax County police officer at the time of the shooting in February. He was also charged with reckless discharge of a weapon.
FILE - Timothy McCree Johnson’s mother, Melissa Johnson, along with attorney, Carl Crews, addresses reporters outside Fairfax County Police Department headquarters, March 22, 2023, in Fairfax, Va., after viewing police body camera video of her son’s shooting death at the hands of police in February outside Tysons Corner Center shopping mall. A special grand jury in Virginia on Thursday, Oct.
In a written statement, Descano, who has made prosecution of police misconduct allegations a priority, said, “The work of public safety includes charging officers for crimes when such actions are legally warranted. ... Our nation’s justice system has historically been stacked in favor of protecting powerful institutions and individuals, and it is no small feat that the grand jurors returned a true bill after reviewing this matter.
“More often than not the police body camera footage speaks for itself,” Davis said. “This time, it does not.”
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