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A Pittsburgh jury acquitted former officer Micheal Rosfeld for killing an unarmed Black teenager when he ran during a traffic stop last June. The jurors decision came last week, when they found Rosefeld not guilty in the fatally shooting of Antwon Rose ll.

The jury was made up of seven men and five women including three Black jurors. Jurors deliberated for less than four hours before announcing the acquittal.

The incident occurred when Rose was passenger in a unlicensed taxi that was involved in a drive-by shooting earlier that day. Rosefeld pulled the car over and Rose attempted to flee the scene when the officer shot him in his back, arm and side of his face USA Today reported.

The shooting was captured on video and local activists took to the streets to protest the shooting.

After the jury’s decision protesters gathered outside and started chanted “Say his name: Antwon Rose the Second,” the newspaper reported. In his closing argument, Assistant District Attorney Jonathan Fodi told jurors that Rosfeld acted as “judge, jury, and executioner,” and “there was no threat” to his life.

“We don’t shoot first and ask questions later,” the prosecutor said, according to USA Today. Lee Merritt, attorney for the Rose family, told reporters that the Rose family would release a statement about the verdict on Monday.

Attorney Patrick Thomassey, who represented Rosfeld, told reporters that he was pleased to see his client found not guilty. Referring to Rosfeld as “a good man” adding that he hopes “everybody takes a deep breath and gets on with their lives.”

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