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The Walgreens safety guard who fatally shot a shopfitter in San Francisco used pointless aggression, and it was not a transparent case of self-defense … so says a former prosecutor who’s difficult the D.A.’s principle.
Attorney Tony Brass joined “TMZ Live” Tuesday shortly after San Fran’s District Attorney Brooke Jenkins launched the footage of the April 27 taking pictures to point out why she was not charging safety guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony for killing Banko Brown.
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Tony says, on a human degree, it’s tremendous clear the safety guard used a excessive degree of aggression when he confronted Brown, which he finds absurd contemplating it was a shoplifting case “at best” … and never an imminent hazard.
On high of that, Tony says he is tremendous shocked the D.A.’s already determined it was self-defense and there needs to be no prices. From his perspective, Anthony ought to’ve simply let the man go when he tried to go away … and the gun was not vital in any respect.
As we reported, Jenkins shared the footage Monday of the violent encounter … that ended with Anthony gunning down Brown as he fled the shop with a bag of allegedly stolen gadgets.
Tony additionally factors out the election of Jenkins as D.A. was a direct response to the previous D.A. Chesa Boudin, who helped construct San Francisco’s “soft on crime” rep.
Regardless although … Jenkins’ determination on this case shouldn’t be sitting proper with Tony, who says self-defense is feasible, however needs to be left for a jury to resolve.
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