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California Cop Who Shot and Killed Diante Yarber Was Previously Charged With Hate Crime, Lawyers Say

A Barstow, Calif., police officer accused of being involved in the fatal shooting of driver Diante Yarber, a young father of three, was convicted of a hate crime back in 2010 but was somehow allowed to return to the police force, attorneys representing Yarber’s family and his passengers say. Not only was the officer allowed back…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

April 24, 2018
Politics

#DianteYarber: California Cops Gun Down Father of 3 in Hail of Bullets. His Crime? Sitting in Walmart’s Parking Lot

Barstow, Calif., police officers fired what sounded like more than 30 bullets into a car in Walmart’s parking lot, killing Diante “Butchie” Yarber, 26, and shooting two other passengers, including 23-year-old Marian Tafoya, who was critically wounded. The incident occurred the morning of April 5, when Yarber, the father of three girls, ages 9, 7…

By

Kirsten West Savali

Published

April 17, 2018