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Jun. 17, 2020

Path to Justice

Judge Eric Fleming, former policeman and DA, says role is important as a black man.

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Path to Justice

Eric R. Fleming

San Francisco County (San Francisco)

Career Highlights: Appointed San Francisco County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2017; assistant district attorney, San Francisco County, 2004-17; adjunct professor, University of San Francisco, 2009-14; deputy district attorney, Tulare County, 2003-04; Cooley Godward LLP, 1995-98

Law School: University of San Francisco School of Law
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SAN FRANCISCO -- About 30 years ago, Los Angeles Police Officer Eric R. Fleming was chasing a juvenile through yards and jumping fences when the teen produced a weapon.

"I could have shot him, probably should have. It would have been a good shoot," Fleming recalled. The officer pulled out his own weapon, knowing the fleeing youth had many more bullets in his TEC-9 semiautomatic weapon with an extended clip than the police... (continued)

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