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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17056255
An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17056255
An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.
Ok. Let the body cam sort that out then.
My very first statement - I’ll believe it when I see a video. Police don’t get the benefit of the doubt anymore.
https://apnews.com/article/utica-police-shooting-nyah-mway-myanmar-835e5c29eed93dc109108f668323d9f4
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2024/06/30/utica-shooting-police-bodycam-footage-nyah-mway/74262307007/
Neither suggests anyuthing in the footage showing he pointed a gun at officers.
But second link does say this:
Please find me where either of these articles corroborates that the bodycam shows he pointed a gun at police.
Here’s key bits of the video:
https://youtu.be/VpzfphvQIOA
Looks to me like he was trying to drop the gun, it’s pointed at himself if anything. Still is as provided by the newsteam in the youtube link, and if you listen to the audio, they are clearly accepting the police story and not disagreeing - so this is the best they could do to make it look good for them.
This isn’t even when they shot him!! They shot him ON THE GROUND.
edited - looks even worse for them here https://www.facebook.com/CBSEveningNews/videos/1188314849017274/
It did, and he didn’t