No jail for executing a man sobbing on his knees - begging for his life. Instead he gets a pension for life.
Posted on 07/12/2019 2:03:46 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
A US police officer who was fired after shooting dead an unarmed man was temporarily rehired so he could apply for a pension, local media report.
Philip Brailsford, 28, killed 26-year-old Daniel Shaver in the hallway of an Arizona hotel in early 2016.
He was fired and charged with murder - but was acquitted at trial in 2017.
Records show that he was briefly rehired last year so he could apply for a lifetime pension worth more than $2,500 (£2,000) a month.
The move meant he could be medically retired - rather than fired - which made him eligible for the pension.
"He was eligible for retirement benefits, so he applied for them," local official Chris Brady told ABC News. He added that Mr Brailsford had submitted a claim of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in connection with the shooting.
~SNIP~ Bodycam footage of the incident, released after Mr Brailsford was acquitted, showed Mr Shaver on his knees asking officers not to shoot him.
But he was shot five times with a semi-automatic rifle as he crawled towards the officers while sobbing.
Lawyers argued that Mr Brailsford had responded appropriately, according to his training, when Mr Shaver reached towards his waistband - because he believed there was a concealed firearm there.
No weapon was found on the body, but Mr Bailsford said he believed Mr Shaver was reaching for one.
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No jail for executing a man sobbing on his knees - begging for his life. Instead he gets a pension for life.
The blue line doesn’t do themselves any favors with stories like this.
They don’t trust me, so why should we trust them?
He looks like an MS-13 thug with the tats all over.
dick......
I have a tattoo.
Having 47 is a little different.
Not saying you can judge a person by them...just caught me off guard, a cop having so many.
Why again are we supposed to Trust the Police??
govt workers...enough said...
Lucky for him he’s NOT in prison.
He’d be everybody’s BFF.
Whoever “rehired” him so he could get the pension for life (starting now, right?) should be fired for incompetence and stealing money from the public, IMO.
Or a LA deputy
Whatever the court said we can all see the video and know that Philip Brailsford is a murderer.
This was a bad shoot, no question about it.
Town is Mesa, Arizona. A good place to avoid.
A lot of the fuzz on Live PD are tatted freak shows too.
I have none...but unless I'm mistaken the typical Marine has more than a few. How would you judge such a Marine?
Apparently no such thing as a "bad shoot."
It hasn’t been that long since tattoos on a women meant ‘rough trade.’ Now, we’re lucky if they don’t have full sleeves. Of course, I’m so old I remember when men didn’t wear ear rings, too...
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