The officer who shot Donaldson was charged and acquitted of manslaughter. Falconer, a few years into his career, agreed to represent the Urban Alliance on Race Relations at the coroner’s inquest into Donaldson’s death.
“That was the first time as a lawyer that I took a real shot at understanding how to disassemble a police narrative,” said Falconer.
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