An Orlando police officer won’t be charged after killing 26-year-old Derek Diaz during a traffic stop downtown last year after he was cleared by a grand jury, the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office announced Monday evening.
The July 3 shooting happened after police on bicycles stopped Diaz, suspecting him of drug activity, near the corner of North Orange Avenue and Jefferson Street. Body camera video of the stop showed Officer Jose Velez taking two objects wrapped in foil from Diaz and ordering him to keep his hands on the steering wheel.
A camera angle from an officer
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