BY NEXT WEEK.
LIVE IN SAN LEANDRO POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
Reporter: JUST ABOUT A HALF
HOUR AGO, I KNOW YOU CANNOT SEE
ME, BUT CAN YOU HEAR ME
SMILING?
SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY THRILLED AND
RELIEVED THAT THESE CHARGES
WERE FILED.
NOW I ALSO SPOKE WITH KAT
BROOKS WHO IS WITH THE ANTI-
POLICE PROJECT.
SHE HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY
WITH THE FAMILY ON THIS, AND
HER REACTION TO ME WAS WELL.
SHE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT
THESE CHARGES WERE FILED.
IT BACK DOWN.
DROP THE BAT, MAN.
DROP THE BAT.
DROP THE BAT.
SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED.
WE MAKE IT HAPPEN ON APRIL 18
AT WALMART ON HIS VARIANT
BOULEVARD.
POLICE GOT A CALL OF A MAN
WAVING A BATH AND MAY HAVE BEEN
SUFFERING A MENTAL EPISODE WHEN
THE OFFICE ARE FIRST ARRIVED.
HE ORDERED TAYLOR TO PUT DOWN
THE BAT AND WHEN HE DID NOT
COMPLY A TASER WAS DEPLOYED
TWICE, FOLLOWED BY THE FATAL
GUNSHOT.
TODAY THE ALAMEDA COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANNOUNCED
THAT HER OFFICE IS FILING
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES AGAINST
SAN LEANDRO POLICE OFFICER
JASON FLETCHER FOR KILLING
STEVEN DeMARCO TAYLOR.
A THOROUGH REVIEW OF
STATEMENT OF WITNESSES AND
INVOLVED POLICE OFFICERS
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND THE
REVIEW OF MULTIPLE VIDEOS OF
THE SHOOTING SHOWS THAT AT THE
TIME OF THE SHOOTING IT WAS NOT
REASONABLE TO CONCLUDE MR.
STEPHEN TAYLOR POSED AN
IMMINENT THREAT OF DEATH OR
GREAT BODILY INJURY TO EITHER
OFFICER FLETCHER, OR TO ANYONE
ELSE IN THE STORE.
Reporter: NOW THE SAN
LEANDRO POLICE CHIEF HAS
REFERRED ALL REQUESTS FOR
COMMENTS TO THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THE FAMILY AND ITS ATTORNEY ARE
PLANNING TO FORMALLY SPEAK ON
THIS MATTER TOMORROW.
REPORTING LIVE IN SAN LEANDRO,
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
CHARGES AGAINST POLICE,
UNUSUAL, BUT DID THEY EXPLAIN
WHY MANSLAUGHTER AND NOT A MORE
SERIOUS CHARGE?
Reporter: AT THIS POINT, WE
JUST GOT THE VIDEO STATEMENTS
FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
