For just 64. 90 a month. Call or go online today. Charges have been filed against an officer who shot and killed a man inside a san l leandro walmart. The warning you need to know about, plus the temperatures. Coming up. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Developing news tonight. A san leandr Police Officer has been charged with felony manslaughter in the deadly shooting of a black man inside a walmart. Friends and family of the victim say this is a first step, but as abc 7 news report j. R. Stone reports, the officers attorney is criticizing the d. A. s decision. Drop the bat. Back up. Drop the bat. This is video from back in april showi moments before officer Jason Fletcher shot and killed Stephen Taylor inside a san leandro walmart. Alameda County District attorney Nancy Omalley says officer fletchers use of force was not warranted. At time of the shooting, it was not reasonable to conclude mr. Stephen t
His client feared for his life and defended himself. The law doesnt require officers even in todays age to have their brains bashed out with a lethal instrument. Which a baseball bat is. Drop the bat, man. Reporter officers tased taylor but it didnt work. Officer fletcher then fired a shot that proved to be deadly. Omalley has charged fletcher with voluntary manslaughter. Fletcher seen here in this archive individual from 2013 had been with the department for more than 15 years. Family members say taylor may have been having a mental episode but believe he could have been talked down. Friends of the family say that while they would have liked murder charges, at least this is something. At the end of the day a lot of times we have to settle. Reporter at the time of the shooting, taylor was homeless. I did reach out to his mother and grandmother who deferred all comments to their lawyer. A lawyer who says they are encouraged by the d. A. s decision. In alameda county, j. R. Stone, abc 7
Not just me. A little virtual hug. Good morning,gu. Ll could cocomee ho outside we go, it is a foggy picture over San Francisco right now. There are hazy conditions early on and the day planner today will show you it is spare the air day again. Temperatures though this afternoon, it is pretty comfortable when we talk about Early September. 70s and 80s. So no intense heat. And again, well have that hazy sunshine. A close look at the air quality looks like well fluctuate between moderate and poor. The worst air quality likely in the north bay and santa clara valley, but good news, by friday, we see improving conditions to more moderate or yellow categories across the entire bay area. Developing news in the controversy over Nancy Pelosis San Francisco hair salon visit. The House Speaker says that it was all a setup, the salon owner says she is now getting Death Threats. And here is a photoall, the thee owner provided to fox news. Amy hole feelgd is lyfield is i newsroom with more of the p
Originally provided fox news. The problem, indoor Hair Services are still off limits. Amy hollyfield is live with reaction to all of this. Reporter stylists who did Nancy Pelosis hair now has a lawyer who says that his clients name is being dragged through the mud for simply doing what his salon owner gave him permission to do. And he suggests the owner had a political agenda. The statement from jonathan dinardos Attorney Says the owner kious took special interests in the appoint and she made several vitriolic and incendiary comments about nancy pelosi and her purported responsibility for temporarily suspending operations of her business. The a losalon owner gave video fox news of pelosi inside the salon on monday. She said having the poll particular shan fe politician in the salon felt like a slap in the face. Pelosi says that the salon owes her an apology, that it feels like it was a setup. She says she was told by the salon that they were allowed to have one client inside at a time.
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