After the Solano County District Attorney recused herself last year, a special prosecutor was assigned to review the February 2019 officer-involved shooting case in Vallejo that left 20-year-old rapper Willie McCoy dead following 55 rounds that were shot into his car.
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Police agencies with oversight pay less in civil penalties
Police agencies that have independent oversight are paying much less in civil penalties for injuring or killing people than many departments left to police themselves, a KTVU investigation has found. Evan Sernoffsky reports
OAKLAND - In one case, a man experiencing a mental-health crisis hanged himself after deputies shackled him to a jail door. In another, five police officers fired 26 rounds at a stabbing suspect as he shuffled along a wall holding a knife. And in another case, an officer chased an unarmed bicyclist into an alley before fatally opening fire during a scuffle.
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1of5Michael Rains, represents many police officers, including the former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle. Here he is in his office on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Pleasant Hill, Calif.Paul Kuroda / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of5Michael Rains, represents many police officers, including the former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle. Here he is in his office on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Pleasant Hill, Calif.Paul Kuroda / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
3of5Michael Rains, represents many police officers, including the former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle. Here he is in his office on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Pleasant Hill, Calif.Paul Kuroda / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less