The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/12/11/outrage-grows-as-district-attorney-moves-to-dismiss-charges-against-san-leandro-cop-in-2020-walmart-shooting/The case of the police killing of Steven Taylor has dragged on for five and a half years in Alameda County, with charges that were originally filed two district attorneys ago, and the current DA is now looking to dismiss the case. 33-year-old Steven Demarco Taylor was fatally shot by police in the first month of pandemic lockdowns, in April 2020, at a Walmart in San Leandro. Police were called to the scene on a report of a robbery, but instead they found Taylor, who was in the midst of a mental health crisis, allegedly wielding an aluminum baseball bat inside the store. Eyewitness video from the incident was posted

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