<p>On Friday, a day after former Mesa, Arizona police officer Philip Brailsford was <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa-breaking/2017/12/07/philip-brailsford-verdict-daniel-shaver-killing/927052001/" type="external">acquitted of second-degree murder</a> charges, state officials released a graphic video of the shooting, showing the victim begging for his life.</p> 
<p>In the video, another officer, now-retired Sgt. Charles Langley, orders seemingly-terrified Daniel Shaver to cross his legs, crawl and keep his hands raised straight up in the air prior to the fatal shooting. The officers were responding to a call alleging a man was pointing a gun out of a window, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/12/08/graphic-video-shows-daniel-shaver-sobbing-and-begging-officer-for-his-life-before-2016-shooting/?utm_term=.d5ea76fe04d8" type="external">The Washington Post</a> reports:</p> 
<q> <p>"After the officer involved was acquitted of second-degree murder charges, officials in Arizona released graphic video showing Daniel Shaver crawling on his hands and knees and begging for his life in the moments before he was shot and killed by police in January 2016."</p> <p>&#8230;.</p> <p>"The shooting, by Philip &#8220;Mitch&#8221; Brailsford, then an officer with the Mesa Police Department, occurred after officers responded to a call about a man allegedly pointing a rifle out of a fifth-floor window at a La Quinta Inn. Inside the room, Shaver, 26, had been doing rum shots with a woman he had met earlier that day and showing off a pellet gun he used in his job in pest control."</p> </q> 
<p>Wrongful-death lawsuits against the city of Mesa have been filed by Shaver's family members.</p> 
<q> <p>WARNING: Video contains graphic, disturbing content.</p> </q> 
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Graphic Video of Fatal Shooting Released After Fmr. Officer Acquitted of Murder