The detective investigating the shooting told the court Shaver’s movement was similar to someone reaching for a pistol, but said it looked as if the suspect was pulling up his shorts that had fallen down as he was ordered to crawl. The investigator added he did not see anything that would have prevented officers from simply handcuffing Shaver as he was on the floor. Hours after being found not guilty of second-degree murder, Brailsford was acquitted of a lesser charge of reckless manslaughter. Mark Geragos, a lawyer representing the Shaver family, described the verdicts as a “complete travesty of justice”. He said: “This criminal trial was akin to something you’d expect to read about in North Korea, not in a courtroom in the United States. Read More…http://ift.tt/2APH8hd
