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DVC-011909 - Police Officer Charged with Murder

By Walin & Klarich

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Yes, even police officer?s can be charged with a crime! Last week, a former police officer for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) was arrested and extradited back to California where he will face charges of murder in Alameda County. On New Year?s morning, the officer was on duty and was responding to a fight that had broken out on one of the BART trains when he allegedly shot an un-armed passenger in the back . The victim was laying on the floor and it does not appear that such lethal force was in any way necessary! Shortly after the incident, video of the shooting was widely viewed on the internet and the police officer resigned. Surprising as it may seem, police officers are charged with crimes that arise out of on-duty shooting incidents every year...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).

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