Daniel Shaver Begged for His Life. The Officer Was Acquitted

Daniel Shaver, Mesa, Arizona, January 2016. Officer Philip Brailsford was tried for second degree murder and acquitted; Mesa later rehired him so he could retire on a disability pension. In January 2016, police got a call about a man pointing a rifle out of a fifth floor window at a La Quinta Inn in Mesa, Arizona. Six officers lined up in the hallway; Daniel Shaver, 26, came out with his hands up, and a sergeant spent about five minutes giving him commands, ending with an order to crawl. One officer, Philip Brailsford, fired, and was charged with second degree murder; this episode follows the call, the commands, the charge and the trial, using court video. This is the whole case, and this video does not show the shooting. Chapters 0:00 Cold open 2:12 The air rifle 5:05 Six officers 9:00 Come out 13:03 The first reach 16:37 The warning 19:47 Ten feet 24:02 Charged 28:21 On trial 36:47 The whole case Sources: KTAR News, NBC News, AP (via KSAT), azfamily, ABC15 Arizona, 12 News, Equal Justice Initiative, Arizona Republic, The Tennessean Footage: court video of the trial (12 News and Arizona's Family raw video) and of the May 16, 2016 probable cause hearing (CourtChatter Live); short excerpts with credit from ABC15 Arizona and Arizona's Family for commentary and reporting. Commentary. All charges are allegations unless a court has ruled.