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Shocking surveillance video released Monday by the San Francisco district attorney’s office shows the moment a Walgreens security guard shot and killed an alleged shoplifter.
The footage was made public by District Attorney Brooke Jenkins as she defended her decision not to go forward with charges against security guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony in the April 27 death of 24-year Banko Brown.
Jenkins said Anthony was defending himself when he shot Brown at a Walgreens in downtown San Francisco.
The footage shows Anthony, a licensed guard since 2012, step in to stop Brown from leaving the store with a bag of items before Anthony began to repeatedly punch the suspected shoplifter.
After the two struggled for several seconds, Anthony then put Brown in a chokehold and forced him to the ground where the pair stayed for a few moments as store patrons casually walked past them.
The guard eventually let Brown up and the alleged thief picked up the bag and walked toward the door, footage shows.
