Miami, FLorida: Katherine Fernández Rundle hasn’t charged a cop for a fatal shooting in 27 years

She hasn’t charged a cop for a fatal shooting in 27 years. Amid protests, election nears.

The statistic has been chanted at rallies, printed on fliers and posted on tweets: During 27 years in office, State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle has never charged a cop for a fatal shooting while on duty. Since 2016 alone — the year she was last reelected without opposition — 73 police shootings, fatal and non-fatal, have come up for review before her office. Fifty-four are closed. Eighteen remain open. Just one resulted in a criminal charge, a trial that ended in the misdemeanor conviction of aNorth Miami cop who shot at an autistic manholding a silver toy truck. Her office ...

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