Wednesday night, protestors took to the streets of downtown Knoxville and Fort Sanders after District Attorney General Charme Allen announced that her office would not be filing charges against Knoxville Police Department Officer Jonathon Clabough, who fatally shot 17-year-old Anthony Thompson Jr. during a dispute at Austin-East High School last week.
Allen said that according to the police body cam footage that was released Wednesday, Clabough believed he was acting in self-defense. Â
Police were initially called to Austin-East after Thompson was accused of beating his girlfriend at school by her mother. Four officers then confronted Thompson in a school bathroom, where they discovered that he had a gun.
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