Errol Shaw Sr.

Deadly force

Four officers went to Shaw's residence responding to a 911 call (later found to be exaggerated). They found Shaw and his son in their driveway. Shaw disappeared briefly into his back yard and returned with a metal rake. Officers commanded him to drop it, and when it didn't they fatally shot him twice. Shaw was a deaf mute. The officer was prosecuted for manslaughter and found not guilty; a U.S. District Court Judge determined that his actions were justified.