His crime?
But too many cops are incompetent shitheads with no ability to manage even non-threatening situations. So they murdered him in front of his mom while waiting for his little brother to get out of school.
They also lied about what happened afterwards saying he "jumped out of the vehicle" when the truth is that they aggressively pulled him out and then shot him three times. Thank god for body cameras.
Are you serious?! You quote his family’s attorney (no bias I’m sure). I watched the video and since you clearly are foolish with regard to policing or laws that govern protecting yourself, let me offer the following-
The officer responds to a report of a subject getting in the wrong car in clear daylight (possibly indicating some sort of impairment). Definitely cause for some level of alert or concern.
He locates the subject and is greeted with disdain (no surprise this day in age - particularly when there are so many experts on tactics out there). Anti police sentiment is not only embraced by people like you, it’s encouraged by jumping to snap judgments without a full investigation (something every citizen- EVEN POLICE have a fundamental right to).
He is difficult to understand and offers a confusing account of why he’d get into the wrong car. While being id’d he states he might have a knife (whether you agree - all courts have held that is a deadly weapon, a deadly weapon with which you as a police officer have a right to defend yourself from with deadly force).
The subject reaches for something (knife?), puts something (drugs?) in his mouth, and this officer in a literal split second decides to physically engage. He doesn’t just shoot him, he tries to control him and handcuff him. The subject clearly physically resists and there’s a struggle. I can’t tell from a quick view, but the officer claims (reasonably) that he was grabbing his ”stuff” while motioning toward his firearm.
There will be a full investigation and if charges are merited, then the officer will likely be charged. It’s totally lawful and reasonable based on the initial review that this was probably justified. However if evidence is presented to the contrary, I’ll support full prosecution. NOBODY has more scrutiny on them than police, and for an armchair prosecutor to convict him based on a video that doesn’t show what he so badly wants it to show serves nobody, except for the anti police amongst the board.
I feel for the subject’s family and better communication would’ve likely prevented a loss of life. I don’t think the officer can just wait to see if the subject was grabbing for a knife. When the struggle began, grabbing for the firearm (if true) or just physically resisting after saying you have a knife (and don’t like cops), and swallowing possible evidence isn’t a good way to ensure personal safety.
I’m disappointed that the snap judgment here is to assume he was just killed while innocently waiting for his little brother. That’s clearly only part of the story. Perhaps adding that he was killed while waiting for his brother after saying that he might have a knife, swallowing something (typically drug evidence), reaching for something and fighting (resisting physical control to ensure safety) and allegedly grabbing the officer’s weapon wouldn’t be as inaccurate