Another teenager has been shot and killed by the police. This time in San Francisco yesterday, Saturday 16th. This is a routine occurrence and there are always suspicious elements to it. In this case to my knowledge no weapon has been found. The cops say maybe a witness took it. For people living in the UK or Europe that think the police have powers there, in the US they can kill with almost no fear of punishment. They don't hesitate. They have shot young people, mentally impaired people. The cop that killed Oscar Grant only ended up in court due to the protests and he's already out. However, that he was charged at all and another one fired was an unprecedented thing here in the US. In this case they say he shot at them. The issue was a $2 bus fare from what I understand. The video is fairly graphic and the comments below are from Global Grind
Another San Francisco police shooting? This time, San Francisco police shoot and kill a man and it was all caught on tape.
The incident occurred around 4:45 p.m. (Saturday, July 16) on Third Street and Oakdale Avenue when a 19-year-old man, who was believed to have been carrying a gun, was shot and collapsed on the sidewalk, police said.A police spokesman said the shooting began after two uniformed officers conducted a fair inspection on a Muni light rail vehicle.
They detained the man on the platform, but he fled on foot. During the foot pursuit, police said the suspect fired at the officers, and the officers fired back. Witnesses had a different story and said police overreacted. As the man was running he had his hands up in the air, and then hit the ground when he was shot, one witness said.
Police maintained that the man had a weapon and they searched the area for the firearm. One bullet casing lay on the street, and police said it came from a gun that did not belong to the police officers. Police said witnesses could have taken the victim’s weapon when the man collapsed, or the suspect could have thrown the gun somewhere during the pursuit.
The suspect was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and he later died from those injuries at 7 p.m. The officers were not injured.
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