Sister: No charges against police in Virginia stun gun case

Source: Associated Press

Sister: No charges against police in Virginia stun gun case

Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

Updated 12:32 am, Tuesday, May 3, 2016

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia prosecutor has decided not to bring charges against officers who used stun guns repeatedly on a black man before his 2013 death, the man's sister and her attorney said Monday.

Linwood Lambert's sister, Gwendolyn Smalls, and her attorney told The Associated Press that Halifax County Commonwealth's Attorney Tracy Quackenbush Martin said during a meeting with them Monday that she doesn't believe there's enough evidence to bring criminal charges against South Boston Police Officers Tiffany Bratton, Clifton Mann and Travis Clay.

Martin didn't immediately respond to a message left at her office and an email seeking comment Monday. Smalls said she expects Martin's investigative report to be released Tuesday.

The decision comes nearly three years after Lambert's May 4, 2013, death, which was thrust into the spotlight last year after the release of police car dash and hospital surveillance videos that showed the officers using their stun guns multiple times on Lambert, even after he was restrained in handcuffs and put in the back seat of the patrol car.



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