Family of Daniel Shaver get $8 million from Mesa

MESA, Ariz. — The City of Mesa has agreed to an $8 million settlement for the widow and kids of Daniel Shaver, a person shot and killed by a Mesa police officer in 2016.

Shaver’s widow, Laney Sweet, stated that whereas the settlement will ease her household’s monetary burdens, it doesn’t erase the sudden loss of Shaver of their lives.

“This settlement does nothing to cure the blatant lack of accountability by all involved since the night of Daniel’s death, which stands as an irredeemable blight on the criminal justice system,” Sweet stated in an announcement.

Shaver, who was unarmed, was shot to dying by now-former Mesa police officer Philip Brailsford in a lodge hallway. A medical expert’s post-mortem confirmed that Shaver was shot 5 instances, together with two rounds that entered the again of his neck and the again of his left shoulder.

Body-camera video of the scene confirmed Shaver crawling on his fingers and knees towards officers whereas crying and begging for his life. Five different officers have been within the lodge hallway, however Brailsford was the one one who fired photographs at Shaver.

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Brailsford went to trial charged with second-degree homicide in 2017. A jury discovered him not responsible.

Brailsford was fired by the Mesa Police Department two months after the taking pictures, however was rehired by the division in 2018 and was allowed to file for unintended incapacity retirement advantages. He was then authorised to obtain a virtually $31,000-a-year pension, after which he retired.

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“The failure and injustice of Daniel Shaver’s killing and the resulting sham criminal trial, which made a mockery of the notion of Justice predictably ended in no conviction and to this day casts an ugly shadow over this settlement,” Sweet stated.

“As this chapter closes, we call upon the Department of Justice to swiftly proceed with its ongoing investigation and announce the federal criminal charges of officers involved, and bring justice where the state of Arizona has failed.”

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