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FILE - This April 5, 2018 file photo shows Jameillah Smiley holding a framed photograph of her son, Ricky Boyd, at her home in Savannah, Ga. Police were justified in fatally shooting Ricky Boyd, a 20-year-old man, a grand jury said Wednesday, May 23, 2018 after concluding that he pointed a BB pistol at officers who had come to arrest him. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum, File)

Chief defends officers cleared by grand jury in shooting

By RUSS BYNUM and KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

FILE - This April 5, 2018 file photo shows Jameillah Smiley holding a framed photograph of her son, Ricky Boyd, at her home in Savannah, Ga. Savannah police shot 20-year-old Ricky Boyd outside his home Jan. 23 while trying to arrest him on a murder warrant. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has said Boyd was holding a BB pistol. Boyd's family insists he was unarmed. Smiley said Wednesday, May 9 that she doesn't trust the local prosecutor to present the case to a grand jury. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum, File)

Mom of Georgia man shot by police doesn’t trust prosecutor

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press