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Feature image: Placard reads, “Escondido police release the video.” Liberation photo: Anzy Adams
Escondido Police officer Chad Moore fatally shot Steven John Olson, a houseless community member, on the morning of April 21 shortly after 7 am. Police claimed that he was holding a metal bar and threatened the officer. Video from after the incident and eyewitness testimonies seem to conflict with key points of Escondido PD’s version of events. Activists in Escondido called a protest on the night of the shooting, and continued the fight for transparency and accountability with a rally one week later at City Hall.