The Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys created the panel to help assess whether the deputy’s actions were legally justified in the death of 30-year-old Jenoah Donald.
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Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm said on Thursday that his office will conduct independent investigations into two recent fatal shootings by Honolulu police officers and will approach the review process differently than his predecessors.
“This is a new administration, and we are looking at all the practices and procedures, and we are going to do things differently,” Alm said at a press conference. “I believe it is critical to have an independent but thorough, objective investigation into both of these cases and for any future police-involved shooting of civilians.”
Prosecutors from across Washington will examine killing of Jenoah Donald By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor
Published: April 28, 2021, 6:56pm
Share: Clark County Sheriff s Deputies respond to a shooting in Hazel Dell on Feb 4, 2021. The incident started as a traffic stop according to dispatch logs. (Courtesy of KATU)
The investigation into the shooting of Jenoah Donald, a Black motorist killed by a Clark County deputy, will be examined by a statewide panel of prosecutors, in a new move to create independence in the review process.
The panel was created by the Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys to help assess whether the deputy’s actions were legally justified. Donald’s case will be the first reviewed under the new model. The panel includes the elected prosecutors from Lewis, Yakima, Pend Oreille, Snohomish and Pierce counties.
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) A statewide panel of prosecutors from Washington state will examine an investigation into a fatal shooting of a Black motorist by a Clark County deputy early February that indicated the officer fired as he was grappling with the driver, who had refused orders to get out of his car and instead put the vehicle in motion. The Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys created the panel to help assess whether the deputy's actions were legally justified in the death of 30-year-old Jenoah Donald. The case will be the first reviewed under the new model, The Columbian newspaper reported Wednesday. “I do think that this is a process that (people) will be supportive of, because it will truly be an independent review,” Clark County prosecutor Tony Golik told The Columbian on Tuesday.