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Unjust. Inexcusable. Brutal. Brailsford obviously faced severe legal consequences for this reckless disregard for human life, right?

Well, no:

Brailsford's trial for second-degree murder was originally scheduled for February 2017. A defense motion challenging the state's probable cause to send the case to trial; appeals to the Arizona Supreme Court over the release of controversially redacted footage from Brailsford's body camera made a February trial unrealistic. On February 10, 2017, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge George Foster rescheduled the trial for October 23, 2017. Brailsford faced up to 25 years in prison if found guilty of second-degree murder.

On December 7, 2017, after a six-week trial, a jury acquitted Brailsford of all charges.

Now, five years later almost to the day of Brailsford's acquittal, Shaver's family is getting at least some small measure of recompense...

The Arizona Republic reports that the town of Mesa, Arizona, reached an $8 million settlement last week with the widow of Daniel Shaver. Shaver is the unarmed man who was fatally shot while crawling down a hallway on his hands and knees toward police officers, begging them not to shoot him.

It's not enough, of course; the only real justice would be for Daniel Shaver to be alive, with his wife and children, instead of shot dead by a crazy, inept cop. As one commenter put it:

Single worst police shooting of an innocent unarmed man in American history. All on video. Not a single word from the media, no protests, no golden casket, and the killer will receive 31k a year for the rest of his life.