For just 64. 90 a month. Call or go online today. Charges have been filed against an officer who shot and killed a man inside a san l leandro walmart. The warning you need to know about, plus the temperatures. Coming up. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Developing news tonight. A san leandr Police Officer has been charged with felony manslaughter in the deadly shooting of a black man inside a walmart. Friends and family of the victim say this is a first step, but as abc 7 news report j. R. Stone reports, the officers attorney is criticizing the d. A. s decision. Drop the bat. Back up. Drop the bat. This is video from back in april showi moments before officer Jason Fletcher shot and killed Stephen Taylor inside a san leandro walmart. Alameda County District attorney Nancy Omalley says officer fletchers use of force was not warranted. At time of the shooting, it was not reasonable to conclude mr. Stephen t
His client feared for his life and defended himself. The law doesnt require officers even in todays age to have their brains bashed out with a lethal instrument. Which a baseball bat is. Drop the bat, man. Reporter officers tased taylor but it didnt work. Officer fletcher then fired a shot that proved to be deadly. Omalley has charged fletcher with voluntary manslaughter. Fletcher seen here in this archive individual from 2013 had been with the department for more than 15 years. Family members say taylor may have been having a mental episode but believe he could have been talked down. Friends of the family say that while they would have liked murder charges, at least this is something. At the end of the day a lot of times we have to settle. Reporter at the time of the shooting, taylor was homeless. I did reach out to his mother and grandmother who deferred all comments to their lawyer. A lawyer who says they are encouraged by the d. A. s decision. In alameda county, j. R. Stone, abc 7
Public health is critical to building a better bay area and the latest numbers on Coronavirus Infections in california are encouraging. There are nearly 145 new reports of people dying, which unfortunately is above average. But the number of new cases is down, below average. The number of coronavirus patients in the hospital continues to drop, it has been decreasing steadily for weeks now. The testing Positivity Rate is down to 5. 1 over a 14 day average and it hasnt been that low in quite a while. Developing news, in san leandro, a Police Officer there has been charged with felony manslaughter in the deadly shooting of a black man inside a walmart. Family and friends of the victims say this is the first , the officers attorney is criticizing the d. A. s decision. Drop the bat. Drop the bat. Reporter this is video from back in april showing the moments before officer Jason Fletcher shot and killed Steven Taylor inside a san leandro walmart. The District Attorney Nancy Omalley says that
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[indistinct chatter] chatter]nd chairman graham good morning, everybody. For those watching on television, it is 28 degrees in here. [laughter] is that what it is . Chairman graham i do not know, but let it be said the air conditioning in the senate works. Thank you all. We are going to have a hearing today about all things crossfire, hurricane, and the Robert Mueller investigation. We will have fiveminute rounds. As usual, i will try to make sure you are able to finish your thought in five minutes and not cut you off. I appreciate all of the participation. Mr. Rosenstein, thank you for coming to the committee voluntarily. We appreciate your service to our country and your participation in the hearing today. And i will try to do a pretty short opening statement, then we will get right to the witness. Why are we here . I think we have a clip. I would like to play it now. This is mr. Rosenstein on may 1, 2018. Mr. Rosenstein it really does illustrate chairman graham turn it up. Stop. Mr.