Judge clears Florida officer in shooting of UPS driver taken hostage citing “stand your ground”
Broward Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra cited Florida's Stand Your Ground law to dismiss manslaughter charges against Officer Jose Mateo after a deadly 2019 hostage standoff.
- A Florida police officer, Jose Mateo, was cleared of wrongdoing in a 2019 shootout, following a judge's ruling that cited Florida's stand your ground law.
- Mateo had been charged with manslaughter but was exonerated as the court deemed he acted within the law during the incident.
- Body-Worn camera footage showed Mateo opening fire at armed subjects in the UPS truck during a chaotic pursuit and shootout involving multiple officers.
- Other officers involved are expected to pursue their own claims under the stand your ground law, while the ruling is set to be appealed by prosecutors.
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‘Full of Civilians’: Florida Cop Kills UPS Driver Caught In Hail of 200 Bullets After Robbers Hijacked His Truck, Judge Rules He ‘Stood His Ground’
With no regard for innocent bystanders, at least 20 South Florida cops fired a barrage of bullets towards two men who had hijacked a UPS truck following a jewelry store heist in 2019 – killing the two suspects along with the UPS driver as well as another man sitting in his car who had nothing to do with the robbery. The shooting led to the indictments of four Miami-Dade police officers on manslaughter charges, but on Thursday, Sept. 18, a judge …


Judge clears Florida officer in shooting of UPS driver taken hostage citing 'stand your ground'
A South Florida judge has cleared a police officer of wrongdoing in the 2019 shooting death of a UPS driver taken hostage during a robbery. On Thursday, Broward Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra ruled that Officer Jose Mateo could not be…

Judge clears Florida officer in shooting of UPS driver taken hostage citing "stand your ground"
A South Florida judge has cleared a police officer of wrongdoing in the 2019 shooting death of a UPS driver taken hostage during a robbery.
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