A Washington, D.C., police sergeant has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal August 2021 shooting of a man who had been found asleep in his car.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves unsealed a federal indictment Tuesday charging Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Enis Jevric, 41, with murder and also a federal civil rights violation in the death of An'Twan Gilmore, 27.
"When an officer willfully disregards the safety of a citizen he is sworn to protect, he violates the trust placed in him by virtue of his badge," Graves said in aThe shooting took place after police received reports of a man asleep or unconscious behind the wheel of black BMW at a stoplight in northeast Washington around 3 a.m. on Aug. 25, 2021. According to the police department, an officer approached the car and spotted a handgun tucked into the man's waistband.
The shooting drew criticism of the officers' willingness to use lethal force rather than de-escalating a non-violent situation. D.C. Councilmember Janeese Lewis George drew a parallel between the Gilmore shooting and an incident a week earlier when a man parked a pickup truck in front of the Library of Congress, claiming he had a bomb.
The indictment charges that Jervis violated Gilmore's civil rights by"willfully depriving" him of"his right to be free from the use of excessive force." The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison. "Law enforcement officers take an oath to serve and protect our communities, and should be held to the highest standards," said in aTrending News
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