An Israeli court on Thursday acquitted an Israeli police officer of recklessly killing an unarmed Palestinian man with autism in Jerusalem's Old City
Iyad Hallak, 32, was shot dead in May 2020 while walking in east Jerusalem, after officers mistook him for an armed assailant - Click the link for more details.
An Israeli court on Thursday acquitted a police officer of recklessly killing an unarmed Palestinian man with autism in Jerusalem's Old City.Hallak had aroused the suspicion of officers as he milled close to a border police position near Jerusalem's Old City, the court said in its decision.
While eyewitnesses reject claim Arab Israeli man assailed cops before he was shot dead, officers say forensic evidence shores up their version of events