Missouri cop found guilty of manslaughter for shooting Black driver backing into his own garage

On Friday, KCUR reported that Eric DeValkenaere, a police detective from Kansas City, Missouri, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action for the fatal shooting of a Black man in 2019.

"DeValkenaere is believed to be the first Kansas City law enforcement to have stood trial for the fatal shooting of a Black man since 1941. The police officer in the earlier case was acquitted," reported Dan Margolies. "Jackson County prosecutors argued that DeValkenaere recklessly shot Cameron Lamb on Dec. 3, 2019, as Lamb was sitting in a pickup truck and backing into his garage at 41st Street and College Avenue. The shooting occurred not long after a police helicopter spotted a red truck chasing a purple Mustang at speeds of up to 90 miles per hour through a residential neighborhood."

According to the report, "Prosecutors argued that DeValkenaere acted recklessly by entering Lamb's property without a warrant, knocking over a makeshift fence and firing his weapon within seconds of coming upon the pickup truck."

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DeValkenaere argued that he was responding to a dangerous threat and had probable cause when he entered the property.

The verdict comes as Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, who crossed state lines and confronted protesters against the Jacob Blake police shooting with an AR-15, was acquitted on all charges, and while the trial continues for the three men who perpetrated the vigilante "citizens' arrest" killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia.