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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Anger as San Francisco drops case against officer who killed unarmed Black man: ‘Murder is decriminalised’

San Francisco Police Department

Family members and civil rights activists expressed anger at a decision by San Francisco prosecutors to drop charges against a police officer who shot and killed Sean Moore, an unarmed Black man gunned down on the front steps of his home during a call about noise complaint.

San Francisco district attorney Brooke Jenkins announced the decision to drop the manslaughter prosecution, which was filed in 2021 by her predecessor, on Sunday, saying her office “can not ethically prosecute this case in good faith.”

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