Atienza said it pained the family that it took nearly three years to bring charges against Hall, during which time he fatally shot another man, Tyrell Wilson, who was homeless and mentally ill.
“The preferential treatment shown to Hall as an officer throughout this trial has only added to our trauma,” she said.
The case marked the first time a police officer was charged in an on-duty shooting in Contra Costa County, east of San Francisco, and is part of a push by more prosecutors to punish police misconduct after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis set off nationwide calls for social justice.
Source: Bay Area cop sentenced for killing unarmed mentally ill man – Los Angeles Times
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