DANVILLE, Calif. – Two fatal shootings by the same police officer in a wealthy San Francisco suburb have cast a spotlight on what criminal justice activists are calling a case of delayed justice and its deadly consequences.
Felony charges were announced last month against Officer Andrew Hall, of the Danville Police Department, for fatally shooting an unarmed mentally ill man in 2018.
The April 21 indictment came more than two years after the shooting of Laudemer Arboleda, and one day after a jury convicted Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd.
It also came six weeks too late for Tyrell Wilson, who was shot and killed by Hall in March. “Why did it take so long for the DA to file charges?” asked Wilson’s mother,