California cop gets 6 years for shooting mentally ill man

Published March 4, 2022 10:52 am

By JOCELYN GECKER
Associated Press

A California police officer has been sentenced to six years in prison for fatally shooting an unarmed mentally ill man nine times as the man drove slowly away from police in a wealthy San Francisco suburb. Danville police officer Andrew Hall received the sentence Friday. Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Terri Mockler says evidence showed that 33-year-old Laudemer Arboleda was driving 6 mph as Hall fired a barrage of bullets into him. The judge says that violated Hall’s training, put fellow officers in danger and that Arboleda did not deserve to die for evading an officer.

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