Killing of Alex Nieto
Location of the incident in Bernal Heights. | |
| Date | March 21, 2014 |
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| Time | Approximately 7:00 PM (PST) |
| Location | Bernal Heights Park, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Participants |
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| Deaths | Alejandro "Alex" Nieto |
| Charges | None filed |
| Litigation | Lawsuit (Nieto v. City of San Francisco), jury found officers not responsible |
Alejandro "Alex" Nieto was a man who was shot and killed by four San Francisco Police Department officers on March 21, 2014, in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Nieto was a bouncer at a local nightclub, and the shooting took place before he was to start work that evening. A couple called 911 when they saw him sitting on a bench and saw Nieto's taser. Nieto was wearing a taser, and the police officers alleged that Nieto pointed the taser at them. The responding police officers also said they believed that the taser was a firearm.
The San Francisco County District Attorney's Office declined to file criminal charges against the four officers involved in the shooting. Nieto's family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, alleging wrongful death. In March 2016, a jury cleared the four officers of all charges.