Controversy Surrounds Walgreens Shooting Ruling and Victim's Family Hires Civil Rights Attorney
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San Francisco police have revealed that Banko Brown, a 24-year-old Black transgender man, was unarmed when he was shot and killed by a security guard outside a Walgreens store. The security guard, Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, had tried to stop Brown for shoplifting, and an altercation broke out. Brown allegedly spat on the security guard and raised his arm towards him before Anthony drew his gun and fired. The decision by District Attorney Brooke Jenkins not to charge Anthony with murder has sparked outrage, with Brown's supporters viewing the killing as an extension of the challenges facing Black and transgender communities in San Francisco.
- Here's What We Know About the Shooting of Banko Brown The San Francisco Standard
- Protestors, SF Supervisors Push DA Jenkins to Reverse Ruling On Walgreens Shooting California Globe
- Exclusive: Guard Who Killed Banko Brown at SF Walgreens Speaks Out The San Francisco Standard
- Civil rights attorney John Burris hired by family of Walgreens shooting victim KRON4
- Guard Who Fatally Shot Man at a Walgreens Won't Be Charged, Prosecutor Says The New York Times
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