Mesa Officer-Involved Shooting Case To Move Forward



In court: Former Mesa officer Philip "Mitch" Brailsford on trialazcentral-May 16, 2016

Former Mesa Police Officer Philip Brailsford sits in Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers' courtroom in Phoenix, Monday, May 16, ...

Police shooting videos have become the focal point of protests around the country over deadly encounters with law enforcement. For example, Chicago officials fought for more than a year to withhold a video showing a teenager getting shot by a police officer, and the court-ordered release of the footage prompted heated protests against Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Back on January 28, 2016 - more than three months ago - reports from mainstream media were picked up on the blogsite about the killing of Daniel Shaver by officer Philip Brailsford, followed up with five more postings on Feb 7, March 26 and March 27, and April 5 and April 6.
The case has attracted national and international interest as well as a notice of claim lawsuit against the City of Mesa by Shaver's widow.
In a hearing held yesterday, the case will move forward. . .  here are a few links from this morning:

Philip Brailsford update: Judge rules there is probable cause for 2nd ...
ABC15 Arizona-May 16, 2016

Judge: Portions of Mesa police officer body-cam video of fatal ...
azcentral.com-15 hours ago

Body cam footage of Daniel Shaver killing to be released
New York Daily News-16 hours ago

Murder case in Arizona police shooting can move forward
In-Depth-Washington Times-May 16, 2016

Judge: Murder case against Arizona officer who shot unarmed ...
Blog-Dallas Morning News (blog)-17 hours

One of the best reportings on this case in this article

Philip ‘Mitch’ Brailsford: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Published 11:02 pm EDT, March 29, 2016 Updated 11:19 pm EDT, March 31, 2016

Source: http://heavy.com/news/2016/03/philip-mitch-brailsford-mesa-police-officer-daniel-shaver-father-wife-photos-murder-gun-court-video/

A former Mesa, Arizona, police officer has been charged with second-degree murder in the January 2016 shooting death of an unarmed man.

Philip “Mitch” Brailsford, 25, was charged with murder on March 4 in the shooting death of Daniel Shaver, a 26-year-old husband and father of two from Texas, KNXV-TV reports.

Shaver was fatally shot on January 18 at about 9 p.m. at the La Quinta Inn. Officers had been called to the hotel after a report that a man was pointing a gun out of a window. Two pellet guns were found in Shaver’s room, and police said they were related to his pest control job. Shaver had been drinking with a woman and a man on the night of the shooting, police said.

Prosecutors have said Shaver tried to comply and didn’t do anything wrong.

Brailsford, who had previously been accused of using inappropriate force during an arrest just weeks before the shooting, was fired by the Mesa Police Department after he was charged. He made his first court appearance on March 15 and pleaded not guilty. He was released without bail.

Here’s what you need to know:

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1. Shaver Begged ‘Please Don’t Shoot Me’ Before He Was Killed, a Witness Says
2. Brailsford Was One of the Department’s First Officers to Wear a Body Camera – But the Footage From the Shooting Hasn’t Been Released
3.’You’re F*cked’ Was Inscribed Onto the Gun Brailsford Used in the Shooting, Which Was a Violation of Policy
4. His Father Was a Lieutenant in the Mesa PD’s Internal Affairs Unit
5. He Is Married & Pursued an Acting Career Before Becoming a Cop

Tom Cleary is a reporter and editor for Heavy.com. Tom was a breaking news reporter at the Connecticut Post and an editor at the Register Citizen and New Haven Register.