PONTIAC (WXYZ) - Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper has decided that there will be no criminal charges filed against the mall security guards involved in the death of McKenzie Cochran.
In January, Cochran, 25, died at Northland Mall in Southfield after an encounter with mall security guards from IPC International.
"I do not charge unless I think that I can win that case. And I do not think that that was something that was criminal culpability that I could win."
The deadly encounter began inside LA Diamonds, a jewelry store that has been at Northland Mall since 2007, but has never been listed on the shopping mall's website.
Cooper did acknowledge that there were problems that may have played a role in Cochran's death including mall security workers who were not able to quickly direct responding police officers to LA Diamonds. Cooper played a police dispatch recording on which the mall security worker sounded unfamiliar with the layout of the mall and Southfield's responding officers did not know where the jewelry store was located inside Northland Mall.
Cooper released surveillance video from the jewelry store that shows Cochran standing near a counter and while he appears to be calm and not physically assaulting anyone, he reportedly told a worker, "I want to kill someone."
The worker leaves to call security and Cochran is still standing at the counter when mall security guards arrive.
One guard appears to be motioning for Cochran to leave and he shakes a can of pepper spray. Cochran begins to approach the guard who then positions the can of pepper spray. But Cochran continues toward the guard and the guard sprays him in the face.
Cochran takes a few steps back as the guard, again, motions for him to leave.
Cochran is then seen taking a couple steps to the side in the direction of the store, and the security guard sprays him again.
Cochran, obviously distressed by the pepper spray, is seen bending over as two guard take him to the ground.
A female mall security worker then calls Southfield Police as several more guards, all men, get involved in holding Cochran down.
Cochran is heard on cell phone video taken by shoppers repeatedly saying that he cannot breathe.
Guards continue to apply pressure to holding Cochran down as he struggles until he loses consciousness.
Cochran's death was ruled an accident.
Cooper said at a press conference Thursday, "To me, these officers were not trained in how to restrain someone."
"They're absolutely devastated," said the Cochran family's civil attorney Gerald Thurswell. "They lost their child and somebody should have been held accountable."
Thurswell said he's not pleased with Cooper's decision, but respects it.
"I just think this is terrible. I think the prosecutor erred. I think there is criminal culpability," said Ron Scott of the Coalition Against Police Brutality in response to what Cooper said during her press conference. "And then you say he caused his own death by resisting. Well, a person involuntarily resists when you have their knee on their back."
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Yo they straight suffocated this nikka to death and they're not even getting charged.
Even rent-a-cops are getting in on it
Cooper said at a press conference Thursday, "To me, these officers were not trained in how to restrain someone."
That's funny because it seems like they're trained to do exactly what they did, which is dogpile a person until he can't breathe and suffocates to death.
In the video the bystander they interviewed said he wanted to give the victim CPR and asked about his health but the security guards said he was being troublesome and causing trouble.
AKA damn let us kill this nikka in peace!!
bro i literally go to Northland just to pull hoes 
