FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) – When Fall River police shot and killed Anthony Harden in November 2021, the two officers involved said it was necessary because Harden attacked one of them with a knife.

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn agreed and ruled the deadly force was “justified.” He indicated one of the officers, Michael Sullivan, feared for his life and the other, Chelsea Campellone, had no option but to kill Harden.

“There is no basis to conclude that either Fall River police officer committed a crime,” Quinn wrote in his April 2022 deadly use of force report.

In most of these types of cases involving police in Massachusetts, Quinn’s ruling would have ended the matter. But that didn’t happen with Harden, whose brother Eric Mack has spent more than two years challenging Quinn and his conclusions.

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