Officers shot a Black man 59 times. Convicting a federal agent won't be easy.
Monteria Robinson felt vindicated when local prosecutors filed felony murder charges last week against two officers in the killing of her mentally ill son, who was shot 59 times in an Atlanta-area apartment in 2016.
“What happened to my son was very heinous,” Robinson told NBC News. “We demand accountability.”
The officers — Eric Heinze, a deputy U.S. marshal, and Kristopher Hutchens, a Clayton County police officer — were working for a federal fugitive task force at the time they shot Robinson's son, who the officers say brandished a weapon and presented a deadly threat.
The task force, one of dozens across the country, is made up of federal agents and local cops deputized with federal powers to cross state lines and track down people wanted on arrest warrants.
The case marks what is believed to be the first time that a member of the U.S. Marshals Service has faced charges for a fatal shooting while on duty, an agency spokesman said.
But prosecutors have a steep hill to climb in securing a conviction for the two officers, or even a minor charge that sticks, according to former federal officials and civil rights lawyers.
https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/officers-shot-black-man-59-convicting-federal-agent-wont-easy-rcna4429
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Would they have shot a white man 59 times?
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that poor man became like the "poster boy" target for every black man (and woman?) that ever "insulted" those cop, and marshal by just living.
Ghads!!!
And need better interactions with people suffering with
mental illness as some places are trying to provide.