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I don't watch video of people being killed. Is it evident to anyone watching that the decedent chokes the cop and goes for his gun?The body cam video is included in the link above. It shows the interaction
Police need help to ID man killed in Avondale police shooting
The shooting happened on Feb. 21 near 10th Street and East Riley Drive in Avondale.
That and possibly also because there’s a good chance he was a minor so they don’t want to publicize him at that point.
I agree. I feel like he felt threatened by the police presence. He was so young. I really wish police didn’t have to gun down even people who try to stab them, shoot them, what have you. Especially teenagers. Makes me wonder how this boy’s life was. It seems like he didn’t have the greatest home life. He may have tried to hurt them, yes, but he was still one of us. He breathed the same air we do. He bled the same blood we do. He had friends. He had a family. He had a life.
right? if they have his face on camera, wouldnt that be a better comparison?
they say he resisted arrest and was getting the best of the officer, and was choking him "and went for his weapon" HOWEVER was shot as he prepared to flee. so make of that what you will. ITA w all of what you said, he shoplifted. he wa prob homeless.
thank you, he was killed for shoplifting. i feel that waiting to approach the suspect when he surfaced in a controllable area (a parking lot, rather than a riverbottom w uneven ground, obstructed view from public or other witnesses, and vegetation) to address this would have been a better choice.
there is a struggle, but hes starting to flee when he was shot
eh im more for ID than keeping privacy at this point. its been months. who knows why.
Wholeheartedly agree with you. That’s also why it pisses me off when the name of a former Doe is withheld not by family’s request. I completely understand the family reason. I don’t like it, but I understand it. I understand hiding faces to protect minors but in this case just show his face so we can identify him!
No, I saw no choke happening whatsoever. I think that the officer is trying to justify shooting a teenage boy for a crime as minor as stealing something from Family Dollar. I know a crime is a crime but shoplifting is quite minor on the grand scale of crimes and I’m not excusing the decedent if he did in fact shoplift, but I am quite sure he was homeless, maybe a runaway or a high school/college dropout. He looks like he had a hard life. He was just using his last resort, only for it being his demise. I have watched YT videos which cover this case.
