The man was shot nine times as he drove slowly away from police in a wealthy East Bay suburb, evidence showed.
Newly released video shows a white deputy in the Bay Area fatally shooting a Black man in the middle of a busy intersection about a minute after trying to stop him on suspicion of throwing rocks at cars.in an on-duty shooting in Contra Costa County and is part of a push by more prosecutors to punish police misconduct after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis set off nationwide calls for social justice.
Seated in the courtroom were families of other victims of police violence who came to show support, including relatives of Oscar Grant and Tyrell Wilson. Police video footage shows Hall stepping in the path of Arboleda’s vehicle and firing a volley of shots into the windshield and passenger-side window. Nine bullets hit Arboleda, including a fatal shot to his chest.
Before handing down the sentence, Mockler noted that Hall had been trained not to shoot into moving cars and by doing so had turned Arboleda’s vehicle into “an unguided missile” that careened into the intersection and collided with the car of an innocent passer-by. His gunfire, shot in the direction of other officers, also put his fellow officers at risk. But mainly, the judge stressed that Arboleda had done nothing wrong aside from flee the police.