CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago Police officer will probably be fired for a lethal taking pictures 4 years in the past.
Officer Sheldon Thrasher shot and killed Maurice Granton Jr., 24, throughout a foot chase in Bronzeville on June 6, 2018.
In August of final yr, Police Supt. David Brown filed disciplinary fees towards Thrasher with the Chicago Police Board, accusing him of violating a number of division guidelines when he shot Granton Jr. – together with illegal or pointless use of a weapon, incompetency or inefficiency within the efficiency of obligation, disobeying an order or directive, and bringing discredit to the division.
Thrasher shot Granton close to forty seventh Street and Prairie Avenue whereas Granton was making an attempt to climb a fence as he was working away from police. An post-mortem decided he died of a gunshot wound to the again, based on the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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At the time, police stated an earlier video launched to the general public exhibits Granton armed with a gun earlier than the chase. The division additionally distributed an image of a gun officers recovered on the scene.
However, Granton’s household has stated he was not armed when he was shot.
“My son was running away. Whatever my son was doing was, he’s not a person who would have an armed confrontation with the police. This was not justified use of force,” Granton’s father, Maurice Granton Sr. stated after the Civilian Office of Police Accountability launched video of the taking pictures in July 2018.
According to the disciplinary fees filed towards Thrasher, the taking pictures “was not necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm from an imminent threat” to the officer or anybody else. Thrasher is also accused of failing to activate his physique digicam till after he had fired his weapon.
The Police Board agreed and voted unanimously to terminate Thrasher.
Granton’s household filed a wrongful loss of life lawsuit towards the town in 2018.
