Show notes
Scott Gilbert (Michael Reinwald’s attorney) and Shaun Yurtkuran break down yesterday’s Capitol Police trial in the Jalen Lewis shooting. Steven Frederick — not guilty. Reinwald — hung jury. Lynn Fitch immediately declined to retry. The state’s theory was imperfect self-defense manslaughter plus “acting in concert.” A car coming at you is a weapon. Unmarked vehicles don’t make officers the aggressors. The jury was never instructed to view it through the eyes of a trained cop. That’s the charge that never should have been brought.Chilling effect is real. Departments already can’t hire. Good cops watch this and ask if the job is still worth it. Discretion exists so prosecutors don’t file the weak ones. This was one of the weak ones.Zach Servis closes it as a Jackson resident living on the edge of the CCID: response times, a gunshot next to his wife, and the same AG office that went after these two officers while $77 million in SNAP fraud sat there.

