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The City of Tallahassee’s video release of events leading to, and including the shooting death of Tony McDade, is drawing outrage from his victim’s family. McDade stabbed and killed 21-year-old Malik Jackson prior to being shot and killed by an officer. Jackson’s family says they were not informed the video footage would include images of Malik as he died.
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The grand jury’s reports on all three shootings detail what the panel of more than 20 people decided were lawful actions by TPD officers.
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The Tallahassee Police Department is being ordered to release the names of two police officers involved in the fatal shooting of stabbing suspect Tony McDade. That’s the ruling from Leon County Circuit Judge Charles Dodson, but the police union says it will appeal.
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In the weeks since a Tallahassee police officer shot and killed Tony McDade, his name has been featured alongside the likes of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd—those who have become symbols of police brutality and racial inequity. He’s also been held up as a symbol of violence against transgender people. McDade was a transgender man. Much of the media attention on the McDade case has ignored or de-emphasized that, moments before being shot by police, he killed 21-year-old Malik Jackson. Now Jackson’s family members is fighting to tell their story.