JERUSALEM — Israeli prosecutors on Thursday charged a border police officer with reckless manslaughter in the deadly shooting of an autistic Palestinian man in Jerusalem’s Old City last year. “Why is it that when an Arab kills they say he is a murderer and when an Israeli kills they say reckless manslaughter?” Hallaq, 32, was fatally shot just inside the …
The policeman faces reckless manslaughter charges and if convicted could get up to 12 years in prison. Israeli prosecutors on Thursday charged a border police officer with reckless manslaughter in the deadly shooting of an autistic Palestinian man in Jerusalem’s Old City last year. The area is a frequent site of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces, and the …
