District Attorney Presser

District Attorney Scott Colom is reacting to the news that manslaughter charges against former Columbus Police officer Canyon Boykin will be dropped.

District attorney scott colom is reacting to the news that manslaughter charges against former columbus police officer canyon boykin will be dropped.// boykin was charged in the 2015 shooting death of ricky ball.

// wcbi confirmed yesterday that the attorney general's office plans to drop those charges.// during a press conference this morning, colom said he plans to request the information from the a-g's office that led to the decision to drop the charges.// he says he will then post whatever information he legally can to his website, adding it would be a step toward transparency.

// "to drop the case at this time, the timing is so bad.

I had someone call and tell me it feels like i got punched in the stomach and i understand that because because it's a very difficult time for a lot of people, a lot of people are hurting or worried, they have anxiety.

And to do it like the way it's done, i think if you're going to dismiss the case i think you need to do more than a two paragraph press release.

You need to have a hearing ,put the evidence out there and let the people see for themselves what the reason why the case was dismissed because there was in indictment.

So i think it could've been handled so much better than what i've done a better job of continuing to keep trust in the community.

Because that's what it's really about, having trust in the criminal justice system."

Boykin was indicted on a manslaughter charge in 2016 in the october 2015 death of ricky ball./// boykin was fired from cpd shortly after the shooting and later sued the city.// a settlement was reached in the lawsuit...