Justice in America: California police kill unarmed 22-year-old, who was on his knees with his hands up / UN experts condemn modern-day ‘racial terror’ lynchings in US
NB: Sections of the US police (there are exceptions) behave as judge, jury and executioner, rolled into one. In the midst of unprecedented protests against police killings, the police respond with more brutality. Videos of police brutality during protests shock US. This is the so-called leader of the 'free world'. DS
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The last person killed by Vallejo police was Willie McCoy, a 20-year-old who had been sleeping in his car in February 2019 when six officers fired 55 bullets in 3.5 seconds. One of the six officers who killed McCoy, a rising rapper in the Bay Area, had previously killed an unarmed man who was fleeing on his bike. Another Vallejo officer killed three men in a five-month period and was subsequently promoted.
Police in northern California fatally shot an unarmed 22-year-old who was on his knees with his hands up outside a Walgreens store while responding to a call of alleged looting, officials said. An officer in the city of Vallejo was inside his car when he shot Sean Monterrosa on Monday night amid local and national protests against police brutality.
LAPD Accused Of Shooting Man In Wheelchair In The Face With Rubber Bullets UN experts condemn modern-day ‘racial terror’ lynchings in US
The last person killed by Vallejo police was Willie McCoy, a 20-year-old who had been sleeping in his car in February 2019 when six officers fired 55 bullets in 3.5 seconds. One of the six officers who killed McCoy, a rising rapper in the Bay Area, had previously killed an unarmed man who was fleeing on his bike. Another Vallejo officer killed three men in a five-month period and was subsequently promoted.
Police in northern California fatally shot an unarmed 22-year-old who was on his knees with his hands up outside a Walgreens store while responding to a call of alleged looting, officials said. An officer in the city of Vallejo was inside his car when he shot Sean Monterrosa on Monday night amid local and national protests against police brutality.
Police said an officer
mistakenly believed Monterrosa had a gun, but later determined he had a hammer
in his pocket. The killing of
Monterrosa, who was a San Francisco resident, has sparked intense outrage in
the Bay Area, particularly in the city of Vallejo, a city with a long
history of police violence and high-profile
killings and excessive force complaints.
“When confronted by the police, he dropped to
his knees and surrendered, and they fired at him,” said Melissa Nold, a Vallejo
civil rights attorney representing Monterrosa’s family. “He wasn’t doing
anything to warrant it. They shot him from inside their car. What opportunity
did they give him to survive that situation? … read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/04/vallejo-police-kill-unarmed-man-californiasee also
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