Civil rights attorney S. Lee Merritt filed an amicus curiae brief opposing the Alameda County District Attorney’s motion to dismiss the voluntary manslaughter case against former San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher, arguing that the evidence surrounding Steven Taylor’s killing required evaluation by a jury.
The family of Steven Taylor, a Black man killed by San Leandro police in 2020, is speaking out after the Alameda County District Attorney filed a motion to dismiss the criminal case against the officer who killed him, which the family says was done in secrecy and without transparency or compassion.
The judge denied the defense’s motion to dismiss the case and ruled that it should be decided by a jury, despite the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office not opposing the dismissal of charges against former San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher, who shot and killed Steven Taylor inside a Walmart in 2020.
The Anti Police-Terror Project is raising concerns about the Alameda County District Attorney’s handling of police accountability cases after the prosecution decided not to contest the defense motion to dismiss all charges against former San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher, who shot and killed Steven Taylor inside a Walmart in 2020.
The fight for justice in Alameda County has been ongoing for decades, with community members and organizations refusing to let the memory of those killed by police fade away, despite attempts by the system to protect itself.
After years of delays, the case of Steven Taylor’s killing is back before Alameda County prosecutors, with his family and supporters demanding that former San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher face trial as scheduled, while his attorney presses for the case to be dismissed.
The hearing for the case against Jason Fletcher, the officer who shot Steven Taylor in April 2020, has been postponed and the case is now in the hands of the state Attorney General’s Office after the Alameda court ruled that then-Alameda District Attorney Pamela Price was biased.
By Lauren Smith District Attorney Nancy O’Malley announced that, after an “intensive [independent] investigation and thorough analysis…
by Pamela Price I live in Oakland California about 3 miles from San Leandro California. San Leandro…