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Police chief: Officer shot man who charged police with pole April 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Escondido Police Department investigators search for evidence after an officer shot and killed a man who police said was hitting cars with a metal pry bar on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 in Escondido, Calif. A man fatally shot by an officer in the San Diego suburb of Escondido was carrying a 2-foot metal pole and had charged at police, the police chief said. Police Chief Ed Varso said in a video statement posted on YouTube late Wednesday that the officer had backed away and given warnings before openi...

The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We base our editorials and endorsements on reporting, interviews and rigorous debate, and strive for accuracy, fairness and civility in our section. Disagree? Escondido has long had a record of governing and policing in ways that were hostile or worse to communities of color. In 2006, the city was in the national spotlight after it became the first in California to adopt policies penalizing landlords who rented to undocumented immigrants — a law that a federal judge quickly bloc...