He urged jurors to block out those larger issues and focus their deliberations on the actions of the two officers. Like the Boyd shooting, a majority of those cases were captured by police lapel or dashcam cameras, or bystander video. During the standoff, Boyd shouted death threats at the officers from his perch on a hillside and expressed fears they would shoot him. He drove to the campsite hearing other officers say over radio traffic that Boyd was threatening officers and that he also had a history of violence against police. ——This story corrects a previous version to say the prosecutor argued the camper was turning away from officers not toward a K-9 handler.

Source: ABC News October 07, 2016 07:07 UTC