Louisiana Cop Charged with Murder—But He Says He Shot Six-Year-Old Dead In Self-Defense

‘Deputy City Marshal Derrick Stafford is being charged with murder after his body cam videos captured the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis, but he’s claiming it was all self-defense.
Stafford opened fire on a car being driven by the little boy’s father, Christopher Few. According to prosecutors from Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office, Few was backing his car away from the deputies at the time and they were at a safe distance from the vehicle, KACT reports.
“Perhaps most important, it shows Few with his hands in the air pleading for the officers to stop firing. They did not,” prosecutors wrote in the court filing.’
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