The eight Ohio police officers who fired scores of shots that killed Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, after a car and foot chase last year are back on active duty, officials said.

Akron Capt. Michael Miller, in a statement, cited a state investigation and an Ohio grand jury’s decision against indicting any officers in the June 2022 shooting death of Walker. As a result, he said, “all eight officers are back on full-time, active duty.”

Miller also said the department’s internal probe of the shooting is going through a final legal review and is expected to be released at the end of November.

Walker family attorney Bobby DiCello told WKYC-TV that the family is “saddened by the way in which they continue to be ignored” by the city of Akron, whose leaders, he said, have “never once reached out to discuss the employment of the eight officers or explain why the officers are being reinstated.”

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      Yes I would you fucking coward, don’t project your insecurities on to us like cops do, you pathetic worm. You gonna’ fight me over having a different opinion? You must hate the first amendment. Maybe you’re living in the wrong country if you don’t like people being able to speak ill of the government or its “services”.

      Fucking pathetic coward, afraid of four letters.

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      I tell cops to their face to “get the fuck out of my neighborhood. We don’t like organized crime here.” Every time they harass my neighbors. Try again. You’re in the minority and supporting the mob.

      I also call them “Criminals On Patrol” to their faces.

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      You can’t escalate to “I’d kick your ass IRL” AND call him a “keyboard warrior” in the same sentence. Well, unless you’re really, incredibly, and breathtakingly stupid - which, I think is a pretty good assumption at this point.

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        I never threatened with violence, not sure if lack of reading comprehension or strawmanning, you’re pathetic anyway