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Criminal

Dec. 3, 2021

Not guilty plea entered in police shooting case caught on camera

District Attorney Chesa Boudin said the charges represented the second homicide prosecution against an on-duty officer in San Francisco history

Not guilty plea entered in police shooting case caught on camera
From left, Adante De Pointer and Patrick M. Buelna of Pointer & Buelna LLP in Oakland .(Photo courtesy of Pointer & Buelna LLP)

A San Francisco police officer pleaded not guilty this week to homicide charges brought against him for a shooting caught on his body camera. The encounter resulted in one of the largest pretrial settlements in the city's recent history, a deal that an attorney for the deceased man's family attributed to the public release of the camera footage.

Officer Kenneth Cha did not appear in court Tuesday to enter the plea to charges of voluntary m...

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