Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced his office has filed a motion to dismiss the charges against two Torrance police officers accused of fatally shooting a Black man in 2018.
During a news conference on Friday morning, Hochman said his team, including special prosecutor Michael Gennaco, spent hundreds of hours reviewing the case and concluded they could not prove the voluntary manslaughter charges against officers Anthony Chavez and Matthew Concannon beyond a reasonable doubt.
The deadly shooting of 23-year-old Christopher DeAndre Mitchell sparked months of Black Lives Matter protests at the Torrance City Council meetings, calling for accountability against law enforcement officials. Hochman acknowledged that the case has spanned the terms of three county district attorneys and two special prosecutors…