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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/16/devon-bailey-colorado-springs-police-shooting-body-cam-footage/

 

tl;dr - Police stop 2 black teens because they fit a description of someone who they are looking for; an assault suspect who was reported to have a gun. When police say they're going to search the teens one of them runs.  He's shot 3 times in the back and killed.  Police, "He was reaching for a gun".  Police say they did find a gun on the scene.

 

Bodycam video (warning - unedited footage of shooting):

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Parents requesting an independent investigation because they do not trust the police to investigate themselves and claiming the video proves their son was not a threat as he was fleeing.

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33 minutes ago, Slug said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/16/devon-bailey-colorado-springs-police-shooting-body-cam-footage/

 

tl;dr - Police stop 2 black teens because they fit a description of someone who they are looking for; an assault suspect who was reported to have a gun. When police say they're going to search the teens one of them runs.  He's shot 3 times in the back and killed.  Police, "He was reaching for a gun".  Police say they did find a gun on the scene.

 

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Parents requesting an independent investigation because they do not trust the police to investigate themselves and claiming the video proves their son was not a threat as he was fleeing.

I don't know why I watched that footage, it's not like I didn't know what was coming but it made me nauseous. The kid is just running away into a wide open field and this guy pops off half a magazine into his back. We all know the absolute worst case scenario is this guy is put on some leave of absence, completely insane by all metrics. 

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6 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

Oh I didn't mean it like that or against you posting it, I just meant that it's an incredibly ugly situation and it turned my stomach.

No no, you're all good.  I understood what you meant.  Just reminded me that a warning might be appropriate for some folk. :)

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https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/16/us/illinois-5-teens-murder-charge-burglary/index.html

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Police near Chicago say six teenagers were trying to break into a house when the elderly homeowner told them to leave and fired a gun after they refused.

The youngest of the group, 14, was shot and killed.

Now the other five, including four under 18, have been charged with first-degree murder as adults, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said in a statement on Facebook.

One is legally an adult, 18-year-old Diamond C. Davis, the sheriff's statement says. Three are 17. One is 16. Authorities did not name the minors.

"Illinois law has long held felons accountable for any foreseeable deaths that occur during the commission or attempted commission of a 'forcible felony.' This includes the death of innocent bystanders in addition to the deaths of co-felons," State Attorney Michael G. Nerheim said in his statement obtained by CNN on Thursday.

 

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