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Eight police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Jayland Walker following a traffic stop in Akron are brought back to work following a three-month suspension by the police chief to help with 'crisis' staffing shortage
  • Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old black man, was shot and killed after he fled an attempted traffic stop and fired a shot from his car during the vehicle chase

  • Police in Akron, Ohio, fired a barrage of gunshots at Walker on June 27, and he had 46 bullet wounds in his body

  • The eight officers involved - who have never been named - were suspended, but on Tuesday Akron police announced they were returning to work

  • Steve Mylett, the city's police chief, said they were being brought back due to a staffing shortage which threatened to leave Akron without services

  • Mylett said he appreciated that some in the community would be concerned, but the officers would be on desk duties, and not in uniform

Posted by: Skidmark 2022-10-13
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=646524