From [HERE] Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard (a Black man or victim of white supremacy who works for racist suspects in photo) announced Monday that his office had concluded a white MARTA police officer was justified in shooting a Black man he believed was armed following a massive street brawl outside a rail station last year.

Former MARTA Officer Robert Waldo (in photo below), 31, killed 19-year-old Joetavius Stafford when he shot him three times nearly 14 months ago. Some witnesses said Stafford was unarmed and surrendering. Howard contended Waldo was pursuing an armed felon and shot Stafford because he believed he was going to shoot him, both of which would make the shooting lawful. Rodney Stafford, who witnessed the shooting, said that Waldo shot his brother while he was on the ground. “Intense interviews of several witnesses established that was simply untrue,” Howard said in a prepared statement.

"I witnessed that he was shot in the back," Rodney Stafford said. "My little brother had his hands up, and they shot him in the back." He said the officer shot his brother in the back two more times when he was on the ground. [MORE]

Howard said he hired an expert to reconstruct the shooting who found that the angles of the bullets were consistent with Stafford being upright when he was shot. The reconstruction contended Stafford was shot first in the chest and then twice in the back when his body spun around, Howard said. Stafford family attorney Gregory Feagle said Howard had selected facts to justify the shooting while ignoring other witness accounts, some of which were independent of Stafford’s family and friends.

“Certain conclusions of the district attorney are presented as established fact when in reality there are contradictory witness statements,” said Feagle, who represents the Stafford family in a wrongful death lawsuit against MARTA. “He was perceived as a threat when in fact he was not, and the district attorney appears to be resolving factual disputes. “We believe the evidence will show that Joetavius was attempting to surrender with his hands up when he was shot.”