By Sky News US Team
Prosecutors in New Mexico have filed murder charges against two Albuquerque police officers who shot a mentally ill homeless man during a stand-off last year.
The killing, which was caught on video, sparked protests in Albuquerque over concerns about excessive use of force.
"We have evidence in this case that helps us establish probable cause," District Attorney Kari Brandenburg said after he brought charges against former police detective Keith Sandy and current officer Dominique Perez.
"Our job is to do justice."
The charges come amid a national debate over police use of deadly force, especially in the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown in Missouri and Eric Garner in New York.
Grand juries in those cases decided not to charge the officers involved.
In Albuquerque, Sandy and Perez shot 38-year-old James Boyd after a four-hour stand-off in the Sandia foothills on 16 March.
Mr Boyd, who was accused of illegally camping, was armed with two small knives, local media reported.
Police released the video, taken from a helmet camera, and insisted at the time that the shooting was justified.
They said Mr Boyd had refused to comply and threatened police.
But the shooting triggered protests, sometimes violent. The outrage helped lead to a major federal-ordered overhaul of the Albuquerque Police Department.
Since 2010, Albuquerque police have been involved in more than 40 shootings - 27 of them deadly.
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