IT'S A FIRST FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. TWO A-P-D COPS FACE MURDER CHARGES IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HOMELESS CAMPER JAMES BOYD LAST MARCH. D-A KARI BRANDENBURG FILED THE CHARGES MONDAY AGAINST OFFICERS DOMINIQUE PEREZ AND KEITH SANDY.
HELMET CAM-VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING WENT VIRAL AND SPARKED PROTESTS. NEW MEXICO A-C-L-U EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PETER SIMONSON SAYS NEARLY EVERYONE REACTED STRONGLY TO THE VIDEO. HE SAYS ANYONE WHO SAW THE VIDEO OF BOYD BEING SHOT TO DEATH HAD TO QUESTION IF THEY WERE WATCHING A MURDER.
IF A JUDGE FINDS REASON TO PURSUE THE CHARGES AGAINST SANDY AND PEREZ, THEY COULD THEN RANGE FROM INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
