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Franklin County prosecutor doubts self-defense claims in shootings


One week into his term as Franklin County s new prosecutor, Gary Tyack is considering whether his office should take back handling any case involving a former Columbus police officer who was fired within days of fatally shooting an unarmed Black man.
I think for years and years, some police have felt they had immunity as long as they told a story about how they shot someone in self-defense, said Tyack, a Democrat who defeated longtime Republican incumbent prosecutor Ron O Brien in the November election.
That s what you hear about the cases pending now, Tyack said. The claim is, What I did was in self-defense. You know, His hand wasn t visible to me, and his hand had a cellphone in it, but since I couldn t see one of his hands, I decided he was armed and therefore I needed to shoot. I m sorry, we can t let officers keep getting away with that. ....

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