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By Paul Takahashi (contact) 
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 | 12:15 a.m.
For the first time in recent memory, the Clark County District Attorney's Office is seeking a criminal indictment of a Metro Police officer involved in a police shooting. District Attorney Steve Wolfson is moving to have a grand jury hearing on the controversial shooting death of Stanley Gibson, a 43-year-old Gulf War veteran who was shot and killed by Metro officer Jesus Arevalo on Dec. 12, 2011. Wolfson could not be reached for comment late Monday night. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a grand jury will hear more than a dozen witnesses testify against Arevalo, 34, next week. Arevalo, ...
steve wolfson is a weak, ineffective, cowardly district attorney...
who should have brought charges against those henderson cops...
for this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DUgwH6my...
but...
this is a start...
we shall see...
Wow!
Wow! I cannot remember, ever, having the DA in Las Vegas charge a Police Officer in a criminal case. Is this real? Wolfson,---Jackie Glass, I mean, what's up?
Hey, if this is truly justice at work this is good.
Whatever happened with the DOJ investigation of Metro. Wasn't that report due out in Oct?
About time Wolfson grew a pair! I guess he is starting his 2014 campaign.
From the article, it appears the officer was out of line. Shooting live rounds was unnecessary. The Vet probably could not hear--even when you can hear their shouts it's difficult to figure out WHAT they are yelling. OK, he should have figured out he needed to STOP. For that you kill him? Ramming another vehicle can be a miscalculation or malfunction. For that you kill him? Enough of this nonsense that all officers are just doing their duty. Put me on the jury. Metro / POST needs to rework officer training and policy and ENFORCE safety for citizens. I recall several instances in the 90's where senior guys were killed by young officers when they didn't hear commands to stop--when the victims were reaching into a pocket for a drivers license, not a gun. The DA prosecutes homeowners when they kill to protect themselves, family, property--prosecute far too often. Officers are NOT above the law.
Why is he going to prosecute a case he will probably lose? There is enough doubt in this case to allow a good defense to protect the officer.
He should be going after the egregious cases like Yants and the Henderson officer he said he would not prosecute.
I don't think he has any intention of actually putting an officer in prison but he wants the community to think he does to protect his election chances.