A grand jury will consider charges this week against two former Torrance police officers in the 2018 killing of Christopher DeAndre Mitchell.
who shot and killed a Black man in 2018, according to documents reviewed by The Times.
It was not clear what charges the grand jury would consider, but officers often face prosecutions for murder, manslaughter or assault under color of authority when accused of using their weapons without justification. There is no timetable for the grand jury process, but it would circumvent the need for a preliminary hearing, putting the officers on a swifter path to trial if they are indicted.
The officers repeatedly ordered Mitchell to get out of the car, but he did not comply, according to the report. When they approached him, the officers noticed Mitchell’s hands move toward his lap, where Concannon saw what he believed to be a firearm, and they opened fire. “We look forward to defending Mr. Chavez if there are charges brought as a result of the grand jury proceeding,” Yu said.as part of a racist texting scandal within Torrance’s Police Department. Records reviewed by The Times show the 13 officers sent more than 390 “anti-Semitic, racist, homophobic or transphobic remarks” between 2018 and 2020, according to a district attorney’s office report.
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