Jaleel Stallings, 29, was acquitted of all charges against him on Wednesday, including two counts of attempted murder, for shooting at officers of the Minneapolis Police Department during a George Floyd riot.
Stallings was initially arrested during a May 2020 protest sparked by the death of George Floyd while in police custody on May 25 of that year. Former Officer Derek Chauvin was later found guilty of multiple charges relating to Floyd's death, including murder.
According to the Daily Mail, Stallings, a US Army veteran, fired three shots at an unmarked white van after being hit in the chest with a rubber bullet fired from a non-lethal firearm. The van was fitted with lights not turned on at the time of the gunfight.
Stallings claimed he did not know he was firing at the police until he heard them call out "shots fired" and came out in uniform.
He further claimed there were no warnings issued before the officers opened fire, nor did they identify themselves correctly. Bodycam footage released confirms these two claims that weighed heavily in this case.
The footage also shows that Stallings dropped his weapon and laid down on the ground, not moving when he realized he had fired at police officers. Investigations also revealed that Stallings's firearm was legally owned and carried at the time.
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