OCDA Clears Newport Beach Cop in Fatal Shooting of Bipolar, Knife-Wielding Man
Updated: Aug 19, 2020
While all attention fixated on a viral video of a Huntington Beach officer fatally shooting Dillan Tabares, the Orange County District Attorney's (OCDA) office quietly released a report Friday afternoon clearing a cop in a similar incident. On April 15, Newport Beach policeman Matthew Biagi gunned down David Airth after the 56-year-old mentally ill man charged at him with a large kitchen knife.
Read more on my latest OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog post:
http://www.ocweekly.com/news/ocda-clears-newport-beach-cop-in-fatal-shooting-8454755