Cop Caught On Tape Shooting Unarmed Man Won’t Be Charged With A Crime (Click on this headline to read more)
BY AVIVA SHEN
ON NOVEMBER 6, 2013 AT 3:20 PM
ON NOVEMBER 6, 2013 AT 3:20 PM
CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK
Chicago Police Officer Gildardo Sierra will not face any criminal charges for the killing of an unarmed man, Cook County prosecutors announced Tuesday, despite video footage that showed Sierra standing over the victim, Flint Farmer, and shooting him multiple times. Prosecutors concluded that Sierra may have reasonably mistaken Farmer’s cell phone for a gun, and therefore was justified in firing off all 16 rounds in his gun at the unarmed man.
Farmer was Sierra’s third shooting in six months, yet the officer remained on the job. The video showed Farmer lying on the ground bleeding as Sierra shot three bullets into his back. An autopsy later determined those three shots in his back were the fatal wounds
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