Judge rules Charles Kleinert was deputised by FBI and protected under federal law when he killed Larry Jackson Jr,saying afterwards it was an accidentA police officer in Texas who was being criminally prosecuted for shooting dead an unarmed black man has persuaded a judge to throw out the charge against him by arguing that he enjoyed immunity under the US structure.
Charles Kleinert, who killed Larry Jackson Jr while serving as a City of Austin police officer, and will no longer face a manslaughter trial after a federal judge ruled on Thursday that Kleinert had protection from state charges because he also worked for a federal taskforce.
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Source: theguardian.com