‘I Don’t Want to Shoot You, Brother’

Officer Stephen Mader chose not to shoot R.J. Williams, choosing instead to de-escalate. He was right — Williams’ gun wasn’t loaded, so he was never a real threat — but another office on the scene shot him anyway. And then Mader got fired.

Author: Joe Sexton
Source: ProPublica
Published: Nov 29, 2018
Length: 53 minutes (13,431 words)
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