San Francisco DA decides not to press charges against Walgreens guard who shot and killed an unarmed thief.
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This security guard, who is black, will not face charges, but Daniel Penny, a white Marine who suffocated a dangerous man on the New York subway, faces decades in prison.
The security guard who shot and killed alleged shoplifter Banko Brown outside a Walgreens in San Francisco will not be prosecuted, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins told KTVU in a one-on-one interview on Monday. . .
“We don’t believe there’s enough evidence to overcome what we would expect your self-defense defense to be,” Jenkins said. “[Anthony] specifically articulated to police, more than once, the facts surrounding the incident and explained that he believed he was in imminent danger and, at this time, we do not believe there is anything that trumps those statements.”
Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, 33, was working as a security guard for the Walgreens at 4th and Market Streets in San Francisco when he shot and killed Brown, 24, on April 27 during an altercation in which Brown was allegedly shoplifting.
In surveillance video obtained by KTVU, Anthony can be seen trying to stop Brown as he tries to leave Walgreens with a bag of items.
The video shows Anthony trying to stop Brown from leaving the store with a blue bag full of items, and Brown pushing Anthony’s shoulder first.
Anthony then backs off, shows the video, and the two begin to physically fight.
The pair began wrestling and Anthony takes Brown to the ground and applies what appears to be a chokehold on Brown’s back, the video shows. It was during this ground match that Brown allegedly said he was going to stab Anthony.
“He says it several times and Mr. Anthony, the security guard, believes it’s a possibility,” Jenkins said.
The video shows Anthony finally letting Brown take off. Brown is then seen picking up the bag of items he dropped during the fight.
As Brown walks towards the door, Anthony is seen in the video drawing his gun and pointing it at the ground.
As Brown exits the Walgreens, he is seen standing on the sidewalk outside the door, making a lunging motion towards Anthony.
That’s when Anthony fired, hitting Brown in the chest, the video shows.
Brown later died from the gunshot and no weapons were found on his body, a source of contention for many protesters who wanted Anthony to be charged.
