#impd

Remember Aaron Bailey? The unarmed African-American man whom police shot in the back multiple times, killing him? Please observe my total lack of surprise: no charges will be filed against the officers.

“Insufficient evidence exists to refute the officers’ statements that they feared for their lives when they shot Bailey following a traffic stop that led to a brief police chase and minor car accident.”

The officers will not even be disciplined for murdering an unarmed black man. Although the department’s firearms review board concluded that “the officers violated policies and training” and the Police Chief recommended that they be fired, the Civilian Police Merit Board disagreed:

“The board announced its decision: Officers Carlton J. Howard and Michal P. Dinnsen were not in violation of the department’s policies when they shot 45-year-old Aaron Bailey. ... It does not matter that a gun wasn’t found ... Both officers believed there was one.”