Banko Brown’s father decries DA’s decision in shooting death

The father of a transgender Black man who was shot and killed by a security guard in San Francisco decried the decision to not file charges, saying the security guard was the clear aggressor.

“I don’t understand it. It don’t make no sense to me,” Terry Brown said of the shooting and subsequent investigation during an appearance Tuesday on “CUOMO.”

His child, 24-year-old Banko Brown, was shot and killed in April at a Walgreens store by a security guard who suspected Brown of shoplifting.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Monday her office would not charge the guard, 33-year-old Michael Anthony, because he acted in self-defense.

Jenkins released surveillance footage of the shooting, in which Brown is seen walking out the door with a bag in his hand when he is stopped by Anthony, who quickly starts throwing punches. The physical altercation lasts 54 seconds before Anthony shoots Brown right outside the store’s doors.