FILE- In this Nov. 7, 2016, file photo, Anthony Carelli, left, arrives to court in White Plains, N.Y. The civil rights probe into the death of a mentally ill black man who accidentally set off his emergency medical alert device and was fatally shot by Carelli, a suburban New York police officer who responded, has been closed without charges. Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim said in a statement Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, that there was insufficient evidence for criminal charges in the shooting of Kenneth Chamberlain.
FILE- In this Nov. 7, 2016, file photo, Anthony Carelli, left, arrives to court in White Plains, N.Y. The civil rights probe into the death of a mentally ill black man who accidentally set off his emergency medical alert device and was fatally shot by Carelli, a suburban New York police officer who responded, has been closed without charges. Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim said in a statement Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, that there was insufficient evidence for criminal charges in the shooting of Kenneth Chamberlain. Seth Wenig, File AP Photo
FILE- In this Nov. 7, 2016, file photo, Anthony Carelli, left, arrives to court in White Plains, N.Y. The civil rights probe into the death of a mentally ill black man who accidentally set off his emergency medical alert device and was fatally shot by Carelli, a suburban New York police officer who responded, has been closed without charges. Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim said in a statement Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, that there was insufficient evidence for criminal charges in the shooting of Kenneth Chamberlain. Seth Wenig, File AP Photo

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Civil rights probe of black man's police shooting is closed

The Associated Press

January 04, 2018 04:07 PM

UPDATED 2 MINUTES AGO

NEW YORK

Federal prosecutors in New York have decided not to bring criminal charges against a white police officer who fatally shot a mentally ill black man during an encounter that began when the man accidentally set off his emergency medical alert device.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim said in a statement Thursday the White Plains police officers involved in the shooting of 68-year-old Kenneth Chamberlain in 2011 feared for their safety.

The officers said Chamberlain had a knife.

Chamberlain's family says the shooting was racially motivated.

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Kim's office opened an investigation after a state grand jury decided not to indict the officers.

A civil lawsuit filed by Chamberlain's family was rejected by a jury in 2016.

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