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Federal Authorities End Probe of Wal-Mart Police Shooting
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – An attorney says the family of a black man fatally shot by a police officer in an Ohio Wal-Mart is extremely disappointed that federal authorities have decided against charging the officer.
A white officer shot 22-year-old John Crawford III in 2014 after a 911 call about someone waving a rifle in a store in the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek. Police say he didn’t obey commands to drop what they learned later was an air rifle he was carrying from a store shelf.
A special grand jury declined to indict anyone, and the Justice Department said Tuesday there isn’t enough evidence to pursue charges of possible civil rights violations.
Michael Wright, the family’s attorney, says it has been a frustrating wait and that now their only recourse is their civil suit.