""the balance falls in favor of granting [the dismissal] motion.""
""Let the jury make the decision," Kitchen said. "If that was their decision that the officer wasn't guilty, at least the people in Alameda would make that decision. Not the DA.""
A federal judge granted the Alameda County District Attorney's request to dismiss charges against former San Leandro officer Jason Fletcher in the 2020 Walmart shooting of Steven Taylor. Judge Blakely said that after weighing the evidence and community interest, "the balance falls in favor of granting [the dismissal] motion." The dismissal provoked outrage from Taylor's family and supporters after nearly six years awaiting trial. The encounter lasted about 40 seconds; Fletcher attempted to take a metal bat, used a taser twice, then shot Taylor. Grandmother Addie Kitchen objected to the timing of notice and said the DA called the case old and unwinnable. The dismissal follows broader prosecutorial rollbacks after a recall.
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