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Charges filed against a police officer in the shooting death of a Black man in New Mexico. Another example of excessive force and poor police tactics.

A Las Cruces police officer will face criminal charges for shooting and killing 36-year-old Presley Eze, an unarmed Black man, at a gas station last year, New Mexico Attorney General

A New Mexico police officer has been charged over a year after a Black man accused of stealing a beer was shot and killed at a gas station.

More than a year after a Black man died at the hands of police outside a New Mexico gas station, the state’s attorney general announced charges against one of the police officers at the scene, calling his actions an “unjustifiable use of force” and “yet another example of poor police tactics.”

More than a year after a Black man died at the hands of police outside a New Mexico gas station, the state’s attorney general announced charges against one of the police officers at the scene, calling his actions an “unjustifiable use of force” and “yet another example of poor police tactics.”

Graphic video from a bystander caught the moment Brad Lunsford reached for his gun and shot Presley Eze in the back of the head at a La Cruces gas station in August last year.

October 3, 2023 | A Las Cruces police officer faces a manslaughter charge for killing an unarmed Black man, allegedly over a stolen beer.

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