The killing of a Black man by a Minnesota police officer, captured on cellphone video, led to a racial reckoning in Arizona and across the country. Thousands of people demonstrated for months, demanding criminal justice reform and justice for George Floyd.
After a guilty verdict was returned against the officer Tuesday, defense attorney Jocquese Blackwell reflected on how a jury in 1992 made a different choice. It acquitted officers involved in assault and use of force against Rodney King in Los Angeles even though there was video evidence.
This time, a jury believed in what it saw on video, Blackwell said.
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Whitaker was shot twice by Officer Jeff Cooke. When terrible things like this happen, we naturally want to find out who was right and who was wrong, Adel s statement read. Mr. Whitaker is dead and he shouldn’t be. It is natural to try to find who is at fault; we want to assess blame.
In a notice of claim filed by Whitaker s family in November, naming the city of Phoenix, Chief Jeri Williams and the two officers involved, they claimed the city was reckless and unjustified in shooting and killing Whitaker.
The Phoenix City Council voted 9-0 in December to pay $3 million to Whitaker s family.