No charges for Georgia officer who shot handcuffed man

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

No charges for Georgia officer who shot handcuffed man
By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press | February 25, 2015 | Updated: February 25, 2015 3:24pm

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A police officer who fatally shot a handcuffed man won't face criminal charges after a grand jury concluded Wednesday that the suspect was armed with a handgun police missed while patting him down.

The grand jury heard from 45 witnesses and reviewed a Georgia Bureau of Investigation report of more than 2,000 pages in the shooting of 29-year-old Charles Smith last fall, Chatham County District Attorney Meg Heap said.

"I believe the decision the grand jury made should lay this to rest," Heap told reporters at a courthouse news conference.

Savannah-Chatham County police officer David Jannot fatally shot Smith last Sept. 18 shortly after he had been handcuffed and placed in the back of the officer's patrol car. Police said that Smith's hands were cuffed behind his back but that he managed to move them to the front of his body. Smith then kicked out a car window and tried to escape. He was able to get out of the car.




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[DeSwiss]

1. Pig-cop murderer.

- Beware the day of reckoning.

K&R

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[kristopher]

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[valerief]

2. Of course not. That would be a charge against systemic racism. nt

[blkmusclmachine]

4. POLICE STATE

[nilesobek]

5. People will stop surrendering to police.

The cops will love that until their own are brought home in body bags.