Mayor: Wrong to say Albuquerque shooting

justified

Albuquerque Police Department/Associated Press - This March 16, 2014 photo of an Albuquerque Police Department lapel camera still, shows a standoff with an illegal camper in the Albuquerque foothills, before firing six shots at the man. Police say James Boyd, 38, refused to drop a knife and had threatened to kill officers. He later died at a nearby hospital but police have not said if he died from gunshot wounds.

By Associated Press, Tuesday, March 25, 5:57 AM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In a rare show of displeasure with the troubled Police Department, Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry said Monday it was wrong for the new police chief to say officers were justified in killing a homeless camper in the Sandia foothills.
Berry also said he wants to bring in outsiders to help investigate the killing that came as the department is under federal scrutiny after notching three dozen shootings since 2010.