Posted on 05/16/2023 1:49:48 AM PDT by Morgana
San Francisco's DA has released graphic footage of a Walgreens security guard shooting dead a transgender shoplifter - and said she will not charge him because he was in 'mortal danger'.
Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, 33, was working at the drugstore in the downtown area on April 27 when he shot unarmed Banko Brown, 24. A murder charge against Anthony was dropped after the DA ruled the killing was self-defense.
Graphic surveillance footage released on Monday shows Brown holding a bag as he walks toward the store exit. Anthony steps in his path, confronts him about allegedly stealing from the store, which leads to a scuffle before Brown is shot.
His death sparked outrage across the Bay Area, but despite the demands to charge Anthony, DA Brooke Jenkins' office announced on Monday that they would not.
The surveillance footage shows Brown in a white T-shirt and gray sweatpants, walking out of the store, when the confrontation and tussle between him and the security guard unfolds.
Anthony is able to pin Brown to the ground, but then lets him go and Brown walks out of the store, still clutching his bag. More words are exchanged and then Brown appears to move slightly forward with his arms out, then backs up just as Anthony shoots him.
Brown collapses on the sidewalk outside the store and a crowd of people gather around him. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he later died.
Anthony was originally booked on suspicion of murder the day after the shooting, but then released without charge after the District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said Anthony was in 'mortal danger' and 'acted in self-defense.'
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Whew...good thing the guard was the right color.
Holy $#it
That was a murder.
Ditto
Thief had no weapon
I think trans are mentally ill, but this shooting is totally unjustified no matter the races involved. Watch the video. In my mind its a case of poor impulse control from the security guard. If the trans had a weapon of any kind it would be another issue.
Bagged himself a thieving tranny. Good job.
I’d be willing to bet the shoplifters parents will deadname him on his tombstone.
Deadnaming is the act of referring to a transgender or non-binary person by a name they used prior to transitioning, such as their birth name.
A attacker does not need a weapon to put your life at risk.
But I did not see the guard was at risk of being over whelmed.
“… Probably its full name is now, “Robba de Banko…”
Nah, its name is now Banko la Deado.
I think police made that determination of arresting him for murder, not the DA.
“El Banko Muerto”, soon to be the patron saint of SF shoplifters.
If that Cop was white he’s be hanging by now.
Looting and other wrong things is why backhoe’s were invented.
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