A federal jury today determined that San Antonio Police Officer Robert Encina did not use excessive force when he shot and killed Marquise Jones in the drive through lane of a restaurant on Perrin-Beitel in 2014, News Radio 1200 WOAI's Michael Board reports from the federal courthouse.
Encina was working security at the restaurant when Jones was involved in a fender bender accident. When Encina went to investigate, a disagreement erupted and Encina, claiming Jones was reaching for a gun, shot him to death.
Jones' family claimed Encina used excessive force, and sued him, the City of San Antonio, and the San Antonio Police Department, claiming Encina had been improperly trained.
Encina has already been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.
The death of Jones, 23, became one of he flash points of the Black Lives Matter movement.