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No charges in fatal police shooting of mentally ill Black man, district attorney says
No charges will be brought against two Walnut Creek, California, police officers who fatally shot a 23-year-old Black man in June 2019.
The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office announced Friday it had concluded there was insufficient evidence to prosecute the two officers who shot Miles Hall, whose family has said he was in the midst of a mental health episode.
Hall’s mother, Taun Hall, expressed her disappointment in a statement Friday, saying, “After nearly two long years of waiting anxiously for the conclusion of what we had hoped would be a thorough, unbiased, factually accurate investigation, we learned that there will be no justice and no accountability for the indefensible actions that resulted in our son’s death at least not today.”
DA won t charge Walnut Creek officers in fatal shooting of Miles Hall; civil rights attorneys ask AG for help
By Lisa Fernandez
Contra Costa County DA says police killing won t be prosecuted due to insufficient evidence
Miles Hall was killed while suffering from a mental health crisis near his home. Now, the Contra Costa County District Attorney s office says there s insufficient evidence to charge any of the officers involved. KTVU s Brooks Jarosz reports.
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office on Friday announced prosecutors will not charge two officers in the 2019 fatal shooting of a Black, schizophrenic man, prompting his family s civil rights attorneys to ask the newly appointed Attorney General to take up the matter.
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AB 988: New mental health legislation and a mother s crusade to honor her son
Miles Hall was killed by police in 2019
The bill was named after Miles Hall, who was shot and killed by police in 2019.
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(KGTV) Taun Hall remembers her son, Miles, as a caring man who was best friends with his sister.
âHe had a heart of gold, big smile,â Hall said, who grew up in San Diego. âHe was also a self-taught musician. He learned how to play the piano on his own. He was brilliant.â
Hall said her 23-year-old son had schizoaffective disorder and dealt with hallucinations. She said he had no criminal record and her family had worked with police on his previous mental health episodes.