The New York Times
After Meeting With Victim, Former Missouri Officer Is Cleared of Assault
Two-and-a-half years after a police officer shot a woman she suspected of shoplifting at a Missouri supermarket, prosecutors said this week that they had dismissed a felony assault charge against the former officer after the two women agreed to meet by videoconference to resolve the case. During a Zoom call Nov. 5, with a mediator present, Ashley Hall forgave the former officer, Julia Crews, for shooting her in the back outside a Schnucks supermarket in Ladue, Missouri, just west of St. Louis, i
