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Related: About this forum‘Stand your ground’: Charges against officer who killed black man carrying air rifle dropped
Source: Washington Post
‘Stand your ground’: Charges against officer who killed black man carrying air rifle dropped
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. July 27 at 2:29 PM
A judge dismissed charges against a Florida sheriff’s deputy who shot a 33-year-old black man carrying an unloaded air rifle in Broward County in 2013, saying the law enforcement officer was protected under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law.
Peter Peraza, 37, testified during a hearing that Jermaine McBean initially refused commands from him and other deputies to drop the authentic-looking weapon and then turned and pointed it toward the deputies, the Associated Press reported. Peraza fired three shots, killing McBean. The deputy was the first Florida law enforcement officer criminally charged for an on-duty killing in more than three decades.
Peraza had faced a potential 30-year prison sentence.
Prosecutors told the AP that they intend to appeal Circuit Judge Michael Usan’s dismissal.
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By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. July 27 at 2:29 PM
A judge dismissed charges against a Florida sheriff’s deputy who shot a 33-year-old black man carrying an unloaded air rifle in Broward County in 2013, saying the law enforcement officer was protected under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law.
Peter Peraza, 37, testified during a hearing that Jermaine McBean initially refused commands from him and other deputies to drop the authentic-looking weapon and then turned and pointed it toward the deputies, the Associated Press reported. Peraza fired three shots, killing McBean. The deputy was the first Florida law enforcement officer criminally charged for an on-duty killing in more than three decades.
Peraza had faced a potential 30-year prison sentence.
Prosecutors told the AP that they intend to appeal Circuit Judge Michael Usan’s dismissal.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/07/27/stand-your-ground-law-cited-as-charges-dropped-against-deputy-who-killed-black-man-carrying-air-rifle/?utm_term=.65ee13094628
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‘Stand your ground’: Charges against officer who killed black man carrying air rifle dropped (Original Post)
Eugene
Jul 2016
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Starry Messenger
(32,376 posts)1. Jesus, wtf.
JI7
(91,567 posts)2. is there video of this ?
MrScorpio
(73,759 posts)3. Yep, America has declared open season on unarmed black people nt
FarPoint
(13,877 posts)4. Essentially, same thing happened in Dayton Ohio at the Walmart...
A black Walmart shopper carried a toy rifle from off store shelf....was shot dead my 2 local cops from Xenia Ohio.Y going man's name was John Crawford.
BlueMTexpat
(15,544 posts)5. What is wrong with people in this country? eom
TipTok
(2,474 posts)6. He may have had ear buds in and didn't hear the command to drop the weapon...
Unfortunate for everyone involved...
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)8. Hmmmm....
Hmmmm....
JustAnotherGen
(34,606 posts)7. Awful
Just awful
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)9. No words.....
