It was the latest in a spate of killings that have prompted criminal charges against law enforcement officials. Unlike several other high-profile cases in which African Americans were killed by police, both the police officer and Shaver were white. A police report cited by local media said officers were responding to a report of a man seen holding a gun from his fifth floor hotel room. The local police department defended Brailsford’s actions, saying he had acted in accordance with his training. But Mark Geragos, Sweet’s lawyer, described the killing as an “execution,” according to local news outlet AZcentral.

Source: The Express Tribune December 09, 2017 07:58 UTC