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Police ordered Portillo and Shaver out of the room, and they were confronted by six officers in the hallway, including former Sgt. Charles Langley, who was yelling out commands as he pointed his AR-15 toward the two.
In December, a Maricopa County jury found Philip "Mitch" Brailsford not guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting of Shaver, ...
The Mesa Police Department fired Brailsford for violating department policies, including having the words "You're f--ked" inscribed on the dust cover of his AR-15 patrol rifle , which he used to kill Shaver. The judge did not allow that information to be presented at Brailsford's trial.
Laney Sweet, Shaver's widow, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city of Mesa in 2017. Shaver's parents also filed a lawsuit but it was combined with Sweet's complaint. Michael Piccarreta, the lawyer who represented Brailsford in the trial, downplayed Portillo's lawsuit. "It has all the earmarks of a frivolous, ...
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Some examples of attorney practices that violates the Rules include: Serious neglect of your case. Failure to provide an accounting of your money ...