Deputy Jacob Shaw, who shot Photographer Andy Grimm after mistaking his tripod for a gun, will not face any criminal charges. A grand jury declined to bring charges against the deputy earlier today.
The grand jury document was released today:
After due consideration of the above case the Special Grand Jury returned NO BILL(s), regarding the on duty shooting by Deputy Jacob Shaw of Andrew Grimm and the surrounding circumstances. After due consideration of the above case the Grand Jury returned a NO BILL(S) and Deputy Shaw is discharged.
Though he will not face criminal charges, Deputy Shaw will now be the subject of an administrative investigation by his department. He's currently working under reassignment at the Clark County Jail.
Grimm's lawsuit is also still being pursued, and thus, both the sheriff's office and Grimm declined any meaningful comment on the grand jury's decision today. You may remember that lawyers are attempting to blame Grimm, saying his "negligence" and "assumption of risk" were to blame for his injuries. Shaw's body cam footage (warning: the footage is not graphic, but may be distressing) shows the deputy relaying license and insurance information relating to a traffic stop before quickly exiting his car and shooting Grimm (who had stopped across the street) without any warning. The footage does not show Grimm's actions before being shot, though he does say he tried to make the deputy aware of his presence by flashing his lights and waving at him.
Lead image by Pixabay user qimono, used under Creative Commons.
So if you like to shoot (guns) at people, instead of choosing crime, go to the police forces : you will get immunity. America, you never cease to amaze me.
You know what ceases to amaze me? That your ignorant, anti-American post, neglects to mention that America has provided you with most of the technology you use, including this website. Oh and let's not forget that if it wasn't for America you would be licking Hitler's boots. Now go bake some bread.
I might just be a dumb Australian but pretty sure it was an Englishman -- Tim Berners-Lee that invented the world wide web, And if it wasn't for Alan Turing and team that broke the Enigma Code the war would have been gone on a lot longer than what it was. D-Day was made up of troops from the UK, Canada, Australia, Belgium, France, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland and Czechoslovakia. And while you all think D-Day was Omaha beach, there was Juno, Gold, Sword, Utah and Pointe du Hoc.
Ironic you say "you would be licking Hitlers Boots". It was the U..S that created the 38th parallel which is now North and South Korea and it was the U.S what decided to let Stalin enter Berlin 1st and was the catalyst for the Cold War.
Oh and yes american cops are trigger happy. Look at the case of Justine Damond - an unarmed white women shot dead by Minnesota Police for "daring" to walk (unarmed) to a police car. The justification for the shooting? They heard a loud noise.
Cop shoots someone... I thought____________ was a gun. Charges dropped.
You all sound super smart here. Using big words and such, on a comment section, on a tiny island, in the middle of the Internet ocean. Let’s be nice.
You don't need to be holding a camera...hold a phone while on your own property. I hear you can get shot up pretty good for that too.
The cops were "scared for their life" so that justifies why 20 bullets were needed to shoot the poor kid in Sacramento.
Where did all the other posts go?
This sets a bad precedent as cops can legally shoot anyone and say: I thought his ________ was a gun, so it's ok, it's legal for me to shoot anyone holding anything.