‘Open season on law enforcement’: Police chief and sheriff peeved cop killer convicted of lesser charge

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‘Open season on law enforcement’: Police chief and sheriff peeved cop killer convicted of lesser charge

Posted for: Hauviette

DAVID HARRIS

A Florida jury opted on Saturday to convict a cop killer of manslaughter as opposed to the higher charge of first-degree murder that would have carried a life prison sentence and the possibility of the death penalty — and a police chief and sheriff were not pleased about it.

Othal Wallace faces up to 30 years in prison for shooting to death Daytona Beach police Officer Jason Raynor in June 2021. But the punishment was not severe enough for Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young and Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood.

“The message I take away from this jury is that it’s open season on law enforcement,” said Chitwood, who once served as the Daytona Beach police chief, on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. “A lesser charge of Manslaughter for the MURDER of Daytona Beach Police Officer Jason Raynor is a slap in the face of everyone who puts on a uniform.”

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