Team 10: New complaint over Midway killing claims SDPD chief encourages culture of silence
Source: KGTV San Diego
The family of a man who was shot and killed by San Diego police in the Midway District in April has filed a second scathing claim, this time against SDPD chief Shelly Zimmerman.
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The new claim, filed in U.S. District Court Friday, alleges that Zimmerman encourages a so-called Code of Silence culture in the SDPD, one which allows for personnel to act irresponsibly because the department will "circle the wagons and protect its officers -- even where, as here, one had shot and killed an unarmed man."
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The complaint states that when Zimmerman was named police chief in March 2014, she pledged "she would eradicate the Code of Silence in the SDPD, but she has done just the opposite."
"Browder knew that if he toed the party line, and lied about what had occurred, he'd be exonerated and put back on the street," the complaint reads. "He was right; that's what occurred shortly after the shooting."
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