Idaho attorney general says officers who fatally shot intellectually disabled teen won’t be charged
Four Idaho Police officers with a fatal way The State Chief Public Prosecutor said on Wednesday that a chain connection fence in April, holding a knife on the other side of the fence, an autistic, nonverbal young child was right in his actions and would not encounter criminal charges.
17 -year -old Victor Perez was in a coma a week ago April 12 to die The doctors removed nine bullets during several operations and cut their legs. The shooting in the Southeast Idaho, Pocatello captured in the video, attracted anger from the community members who questioned why the officers had opened fire within 12 seconds after leaving their vehicles.
Bannock District Prosecutor’s Office, Idaho Chief Public Prosecutor Raúl Labrador’dan, whether the officers committed a crime and whether the use of power was justified to review the case to review the case. Labrador said that the investigation did not know the age or disabled people of the civil servants and that only a drunk man threatened people with a knife.
“Officials, who believe that individuals are in danger of stabbing, chose to run towards the fences if civil servants took action immediately to protect others from damage,” he said. “The decision of civil servants to put themselves in a fence to protect others made officers vulnerable against the knife attack from someone standing on the other side of the fence.
“According to the laws of Idaho, civil servants had no duty to withdraw from the fence before using deadly force.” He said. He said that these factors would make criminal prosecution irreparable, so they would not accuse the civil servants.
I’m Nisenbaum, an Oakland, California, Lawyer The family claims a wrong death Against the city of Pocatello, he said that the family was very disappointed by the Chief Public Prosecutor’s decision and that the officers were the duty of withdrawal.
Nisenbaum said in a telephone conversation with Associated Press at the end of the day, everyone who responded to this situation would know that he was developmentally disabled through acting. This was clear. ” “It was what a reasonable person would do.”
Pocatello Police Chief Roger Schei’s decision of the Chief Public Prosecutor and whether the officers encounter discipline E -POSTA AND PHONE Messages looking for a comment.
The autistic Perez had an abnormal walk and other medical conditions managed to buy a large kitchen knife on April 5 and were swinging around the garden. The video shows her grandfather, her mother and her 16 -year -old sister trying to get her from her.
A person who sees the struggle named 911, saying that the person is drunk and trying to stab people. Three officers arrived and approached the backyard carrying the Glock pistols, and a fourth officer had a Beanbag hunting rifle. The Chief Public Prosecutor shook his sister’s arms at the officers and shouted, but they focused on Perez, who had his attention on the ground.
He screamed Perez to drop the knife and climbed on his knees. As he fell forward, he pointed the knife to the sky and caught himself with his hand. He stood up and stepped into the officers and opened fire – he made a fourteen bully and a puff shot. The inspectors estimated that the distance between them was 3.6 meters (about 12 feet).
Eastern Idaho critical incident investigated task force attraction. The autopsy said that the cause of death was more than one firearm. The letter gave interviews to the task force, but in the letter refused to talk to the Chief Public Prosecutor. Instead, he said that they sent the audio recordings and transcripts of their interviews to a third side.
After examining the collected material, the Chief Public Prosecutor said that they could not make a criminal offense against the civil servants, because the state is beyond a reasonable suspicion that the use of civil servants is not justified ”.
