San Francisco police will not be charged in deaths of Mario Woods and Luis Gngora
Source: Guardian
District attorney declines to prosecute officers involved in 2015 and 2016 shootings that sparked outrage in the city
Guardian staff and agencies
Thu 24 May 2018 20.47 EDT
San Francisco prosecutors said they would not charge officers in two shooting deaths, including the killing of a black man that led to citywide protests three years ago and federally recommended police reforms.
The district attorney, George Gascón, declined on Thursday to prosecute five officers who fired at Mario Woods, whose 2015 killing led to large demonstrations amid nationwide upheaval over police shootings of black men, and two officers who shot Luis Góngora Pat in 2016, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Both men had knives, prosecutors said, and there was insufficient evidence that the officers did not reasonably act in defense of themselves and others.
Gascón expressed frustration over the high-profile cases that brought national attention, saying he did not believe the officers should have killed the men but he was bound by law not to press charges.
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