{"id":1932156,"date":"2023-05-16T23:43:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T03:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/security-guard-who-fatally-shot-transgender-thief-learns-fate-as-da-reveals-shocking-decision\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T23:43:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T03:43:48","slug":"security-guard-who-fatally-shot-transgender-thief-learns-fate-as-da-reveals-shocking-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/security-guard-who-fatally-shot-transgender-thief-learns-fate-as-da-reveals-shocking-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Guard Who Fatally Shot Transgender Thief Learns Fate as DA Reveals Shocking Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecurity-guard-who-fatally-shot-transgender-thief-learns-fate-as-da-reveals-shocking-decision%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1932156&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>    Commentary       <\/p>\n<p>  \u00a0By Mike Landry   \u00a0May 16, 2023 at 4:15pm      A San Francisco security guard apprehended, then shot and killed, a transgender shoplifter.<\/p>\n<p> People marched in the street in defense of 24-year-old Banko Brown, the woman who identified as a man who was shot by Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony.<\/p>\n<p> From a legal standpoint, you can guess what came next.<\/p>\n<p>  But you wouldn\u2019t be correct \u2014 Anthony is not being charged for the April 27 incident.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cBased on the criminal investigation, review of evidence, and evaluation of the case, we have determined that there is insufficient evidence to support the filing of criminal charges,\u201d\u00a0the San Francisco district attorney\u2019s office said in a lengthy report released Monday.<\/p>\n<p>   Yes, that district attorney\u2019s office. Yes, that San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p> What\u2019s going on here? Could be the powers that be in the City by the Bay are listening to residents and realizing progressive methods aren\u2019t working.<\/p>\n<p>  Almost a year ago, San Francisco voters booted far-left District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a recall election.<\/p>\n<p> Now, under District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, things may be different. When a woman tries to steal from a Walgreens, gets into a tussle with a security guard, threatens to stab the guard, and then gets shot and killed, the guard is not going to take the fall.<\/p>\n<p>  Should Anthony have been charged in the shooting?<\/p>\n<p>     Anthony told police he was defending himself against Brown, and Jenkins agreed.<\/p>\n<p> Security footage shows Anthony confronting Brown at the store exit as she tried to leave with a bag of stolen items.<\/p>\n<p> They grappled for about a minute, with Anthony pinning Brown to the floor. Eventually, Anthony let Brown up, and Brown grabbed her bag and went out the door, with Anthony following.<\/p>\n<p>  Brown then turned and made a lunging motion toward Anthony, who raised a handgun and shot Brown. Brown fell to the sidewalk. She died at a hospital a few hours later, according to the DA\u2019s report.<\/p>\n<p>  WATCH: Newly-released surveillance footage from SF DA @BrookeJenkinsSF\u2018s office shows Banko Brown\u2019s last moments before he was shot and killed at a Downtown SF Walgreens in April.<\/p>\n<p> The video appears to show Brown walking with a bag in hand toward the store\u2019s exit when the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/m7tNK9H4Ki<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 The San Francisco Standard (@sfstandard) May 15, 2023<\/p>\n<p>    Later interviewed by police, Anthony said he normally lets shoplifters go, \u201cbut this time it was different because she wanted to fight me back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  Anthony said the only way to prevent himself from getting hurt was by putting Brown in a chokehold. He also was at a disadvantage since his partner was on break, he said.<\/p>\n<p> Anthony told police that while the pair struggled, Brown threatened to stab him. \u201cThat\u2019s what really put the fear in my heart,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> Upon releasing Brown, Anthony drew his gun and pointed it downward, prepared to defend himself if Brown charged at him.<\/p>\n<p> Brown did just that, although her intention was apparently to spit on Anthony \u2014 which he said he realized a split second after shooting her when he felt her spit on his face.<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cI didn\u2019t want to end no life. That\u2019s not my intention. I just wanted to stop the threat,\u201d he told police.<\/p>\n<p>  WATCH: In a recorded police interview, Walgreens security guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony discusses how he remembers the fatal shooting of Banko Brown unfolding.<\/p>\n<p> The video is part of a trove of evidence and video footage related to the killing that was released by SF DA\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/XX4x407ewZ<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 The San Francisco Standard (@sfstandard) May 16, 2023<\/p>\n<p>   While Jenkins\u2019 decision not to charge Anthony may be sending a new message to San Francisco\u2019s criminal element, there were objections to it.<\/p>\n<p>  San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton said Brown was \u201cexecuted,\u201d according to the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p> Julia Arroyo, co-executive director of the Young Women\u2019s Freedom Center, said, \u201cWe do not need to see the video to know that Banko Brown\u2019s killing was unjustified. Armed force is not a justified response to poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> There was even a march protesting what was seen as the martyrdom of Brown.<\/p>\n<p>  Protesters marched down San Francisco\u2019s Market Street Monday evening demanding justice for Banko Brown who was fatally shot by a security guard at Walgreens last month. The DA announced earlier in the day she would not be filing charges against the guard. https:\/\/t.co\/7K54TMc2Ui pic.twitter.com\/G04hQaRqHi<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) May 16, 2023<\/p>\n<p>    The laissez-faire attitude toward shoplifting that is typical of progressive \u201cprosecutors\u201d is causing retailers to flee downtown San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p> Residents should be thanking Jenkins for putting her foot down and hopefully starting to turn the ship around.<\/p>\n<p>   SummaryMore Biographical InformationRecent PostsContact<\/p>\n<p> Mike Landry, PhD, is a retired business professor. He has been a journalist, broadcaster and church pastor. He writes from Northwest Arkansas on current events and business history.<\/p>\n<p>   Mike Landry, PhD, is a retired business professor. He has been a journalist, broadcaster and church pastor. He writes from Northwest Arkansas on current events and business history. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary \u00a0By Mike Landry \u00a0May 16, 2023 at 4:15pm A San Francisco security guard apprehended, then shot and killed, a transgender shoplifter. People marched in the street in defense of 24-year-old Banko Brown, the woman who identified as a man who was shot by Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony. 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