"San Francisco filmmaker Kevin Epps was the talk of the town back in 2003, when his critically acclaimed documentary film made a splash on the film festival circuit. Epps then soon co-created the 2004 Showtime movie with Spike Lee, and just last year, became executive editor of the San Francisco Bay View newspaper, for which he won the 2024 Society of Professional Journalists Northern California chapter Silver Heart Award."
"Which made it all the more shocking when Epps was arrested for murder in October 2016. Yet the very next day, Epps was released from custody, with the DA's office citing insufficient evidence and declining to charge him with anything. For his part, Epps acknowledged the killing, but said it was in self-defense, and his attorney said at the time that The person who was killed was an unwanted intruder making serious threats of death."
"Three years passed, and then seemingly straight outta the blue, SFPD arrested Epps again for the same murder in 2019. DA George Gascon's office said at that time that it had strong new evidence against Epps. And now, many more years later, Mission Local reports Epps's murder trial started today. Epps is now 57, and the death in question happened more than nine years ago."
Kevin Epps rose to prominence after a critically acclaimed 2003 documentary and a 2004 collaboration with Spike Lee, later becoming executive editor of the San Francisco Bay View and winning a 2024 SPJ Northern California Silver Heart Award. Epps was arrested for murder in October 2016 but released the next day after the district attorney cited insufficient evidence; Epps acknowledged the killing and asserted self-defense, saying the victim was an unwanted intruder making death threats. Police re-arrested Epps in 2019 after prosecutors cited new evidence. Epps, now 57, is on trial for the killing of Marcus Polk, which occurred over nine years ago.
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