Justice Delayed Is Not Justice Denied: Mesa Police Case

Two years and two months ago, the killing of Daniel Shaver in an office-involved shooting incident here in Mesa in January 2016 that some media reports called "an execution" took a long a long time to get anything more than mild interest or scant attention here in local news reporting until questions were raised in the case of Police Office Philip Brailsford actions in the six-office response to a 911 call from a couple outside in the pool at a hotel reporting seeing a gun pointing out a window. As it turned out a frequent overnight patron in one of the hotel rooms was a playing with a pellet gun used by traveling contractor David Shaver to scare-off birds at a bigbox retail store. There were months of delays in any more details forthcoming with the Mesa PD refusing to release an unedited bodycam video.

Questions about excessive and deadly use-of-force by one officer, gunning down Daniel Shaver while he was crawling in the hallway begging not to get shot and killed, were evident after the unedited video was released more than a year after the Mesa PD withheld it from the public for almost two years.
There were at least 10 posts on this blog  that readers can find here including this one from 08 Dec 2017

Reactions To Daniel Shaver Killing | The Verdict: Ex-Officer Not Guilty


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National and international reactions and coverage worldwide from news sources are reacting: Mesa Police Department has released the full body camera video showing ex-Officer Philip “Mitch” Brailsford fatally shooting 26-year-old Daniel Shaver
at an Arizona motel in January 2016. It was posted online by the attorney for Shaver’s wife, Laney Sweet, who is suing the Mesa Police Department for $75 million and had been fighting for the release of the video.
Brailsford shot Shaver with a personal AR-15 rifle, which he was allowed to use, according to police reports.

A photo released by the Mesa Police Department last year showed that Brailsford had the inscription, “You’re f*cked” on his rifle. 
You can watch the video below. The shooting occurs just after the 16-minute mark of the video.
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http://heavy.com/news/2017/12/daniel-shaver-philip-brailsford-mesa-police-shooting-video-full/

WATCH: Daniel Shaver Police Shooting Video Released

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These are four reporters from news alerts yesterday:

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AZCentral.com

 

Mesa Records Subpoenaed in US Probe of Police Shooting

U.S. News & World Report-12 hours ago

Mesa police say records have been subpoenaed by the U.S. Justice Department in a civil rights investigation involving a former police officer who was acquitted in the ... Brailsford, a Mesa policeman for about two years, was fired in March 2016 for violating department policy in the shooting of 26-year-old Daniel Shaver of ...

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Mesa police subpoenaed in federal probe involving ex-officer Philip ...

ABC15 Arizona-9 hours ago

MESA, AZ - Mesa police say they've been subpoenaed by the U.S. Justice Department in a civil rights investigation involving a former officer who was acquitted in the fatal shooting an unarmed man late last year. A Maricopa County Superior Court jury found Philip Mitchell Brailsford not guilty of second-degree murder in ...

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Mesa police confirm Justice Department investigating officer ...

AZCentral.com-9 hours ago

A media representative in Washington didn't return a phone message from The Arizona Republic seeking comment. Laney Sweet, Shaver's widow and mother of her husband's two daughters, and her lawyer, Mark Geragos, also didn't return phone messages seeking comment. After the trial, Geragos called the shooting an ...

4 Mesa records subpoenaed in US probe of deadly police shooting
Posted: Mar 08, 2018 7:10 PM MST Updated: Mar 08, 2018 7:10 PM MST

By The Associated Press

MESA, AZ (AP) - Mesa police records have been subpoenaed by the U.S. Justice Department in a civil rights investigation involving a former officer who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Texas man last year, authorities said Thursday.
A Maricopa County Superior Court jury found Philip Mitchell Brailsford not guilty of second-degree murder on Dec. 7 . . .
Mesa police said in a statement that they've been asked to provide all documentation surrounding the Jan. 18, 2016, shooting and will comply and provide any records requested.
Calls to Brailsford's attorney for comment weren't immediately returned Thursday.
Brailsford, a Mesa policeman for about two years, was fired in March 2016 for violating department policy in the shooting of 26-year-old Daniel Shaver of Granbury, Texas, at a hotel.
Authorities said no gun was found on Shaver's body and two pellet rifles related to his pest-control job were later discovered in his hotel room.
Shaver left behind a wife and two young daughters. His widow, Laney Sweet, and Shaver's parents have filed separate wrongful death lawsuits against the city of Mesa.
READ MORE: Associated Press via AZ Family