![]() ![]() He said Brown advanced on him, when it’s he who is advancing on Brown. He says he never punched Brown, when video reveals he clearly did. And there are problems with Anthony’s claims. Screenshot from the security footage showing Walgreens guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony grappling with Banko Brown.Īnd, while Anthony’s recorded interview with homicide investigators is painful to watch and read, it doesn’t alter the fact that he pulled the trigger and killed an unarmed man who was backpedaling out of the store and onto Market Street. It warrants taking another moment to dwell on all this, and reflect upon who was pitted against whom in a lethal confrontation over 15 bucks worth of a cynical, multi-billion-dollar corporation’s assets. A Black trans man, he struggled mightily with poverty and homelessness he purportedly bedded down on trains and slept out on the street, unable to ascend the wall of city bureaucracy required to obtain city housing. He, too, would’ve had every right to complain about life. Not unless Jenkins is channeling the almighty. And then this.īut help would come for Anthony, though not from God. One of his brothers was shot by Oakland cops (he says Burris handled the case) and another was ambushed and shot seven times. ![]() In an interview with the police, Anthony recounted a series of unfortunate events: His pepper spray was confiscated three years ago by authorities who suspected he was impersonating a security guard, and he never restocked it (pepper spray retails for less than $20) a gun was confiscated by cops who mistook his guard uniform for a Halloween costume he failed to bring his baton to work on April 27, because his car had recently been stolen he had a marriage he describes as both a separation and a divorce. Scott Wiener’s pumpkin carving event, October ,2022. ![]() But the combustible situation created by Anthony’s employers leading up to his killing of Brown will certainly be of great interest to civil rights attorney John Burris, who is working for Brown’s family.ĭistrict Attorney Brooke Jenkins speaking at Sen. And not only was Anthony sent out to do “robbery suppression,” he and his fellow guards were, just prior to the shooting, instructed to physically stop shoplifters - in Anthony’s words, a shift to “a hands-on policy.”ĭistrict Attorney Brooke Jenkins declined to file charges in this killing. Kingdom put him into contact with the public in a shoplifting-heavy venue as a “robbery suppression officer,” either not knowing or not caring - or both - that he had guns and ammo but no less-lethal weapons. In his interview with San Francisco detectives, Anthony notes that he was carrying two handguns and seven magazines - enough for a drugstore siege - but no pepper spray, cuffs or baton.Īnthony’s employer, Kingdom Group Protective Services, he told police, didn’t provide him any equipment more than a t-shirt (he told investigators that he was permitted to carry a Taser, but would’ve had to “invest” in his own). ![]() LivingstonĪstoundingly, this gets even bleaker. A memorial for Banko Brown erected on Market Street. Walgreens for its part in fueling the opioid epidemic, leading to bodies stacking up outside the store where Anthony and Brown clashed - and, certainly, desperate people shambling about within it. A $230 million settlement with the city of San Francisco was announced today. To add an apocalyptic cherry to the dystopian sundae, the city, last year, won a lawsuit vs. ![]()
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