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March 21, 2016
Family of Daniel Shaver Retains Mark Geragos;
Demands Federal Investigation Daniel Shavers widow Laney Sweet, and her family, have hired Mark Geragos and Geragos & Geragos, APC. Mesa Police Departments calculated announcement that they will fire Phillip Brailsford today, two months after he murdered Daniel Shaver, is not coincidental. The same day that our law firm was hired to investigate this outrageous police cover-up, Mesa Police Department finally did the right thing. However, the Mesa Police Department and Maricopa County prosecutors refuse to release to the victims, our clients, the body-camera footage. Obviously, this is out of a fear of the public outcry. The body-camera shows Daniel, unarmed, begging for his life as he follows commands to crawl on his knees in the hallway of the La Quinta Inn. Daniel was ruthlessly gunned down by the Mesa Police Department. Not surprisingly, Mesa Police Department Officer Phillip Brailsfords AR-15 used in this murder was inscribed with the engraving your fucked. Any purported firing of Phillip Brailsford by Mesa Police Department comes on the heels of a secret plea deal offered last week by the Maricopa County prosecutor. We are informed that this deal was for no jail time. This sweetheart offer was made without consulting Ms. Sweet and her family and over her vehement protests. Ms. Sweet and her family will not be silenced. Mark Geragos states: We are demanding that the Mesa Police Department and County Prosecutors immediately embrace complete transparency, release the body-camera video, and prosecute Phillip Brailsford for murder. We will leave no stone unturned, and spare no expense, to seek justice for Daniel Shaver. We are demanding the Federal Department of Justice immediately intervene and initiate an investigation into the murder of Daniel Shaver and into the Mesa Police Department.