The footage, which shows Roderick Brooks get hold of a deputy's stun gun, was released Friday, the same day his family laid him to rest.
The family of the man killed said the deputy used "unjustified and unnecessary use of lethal force." Video obtained by ABC13 shows the moments immediately after the shooting.The sheriff's office released the bodycam video on the same day Brooks' family laid him to rest in Longview, Texas.
While the law enforcement agency said the family was shown the footage before the release, two of Brooks' sisters don't believe the video shows everything, and they have called on every piece of footage to go public. "If the bodycam showed one thing, we need to see the true tape. That tape's not true, because when we saw pictures from the autopsy, Roderick's whole right face is bruised up," said Demetria Brooks-Glaze, Roderick's sister, whose assessment she bases from witness accounts."We did not see him one time where they blanked it out - I don't know if was hitting Roderick or what was going on. But the witnesses on Friday night ... stated that it was hard to watch.
Brooks, who was unarmed at the time of the chase and takedown, had mostly theft and trespassing charges, according to arrest records. He was arrested days before his death for stealing shampoo and beer and posted a $2,000 bond."A man that steals shampoo and soap and toiletries and things of that nature in order to survive is a man who did not need to be put in jail," community activist Deric Muhammad said during a July 12 event with Brooks' family.
The incident remains under investigation by the Harris County Sheriff's Office Homicide Division, Sheriff's Office Internal Affairs, and the Harris County District Attorney's Office. An autopsy is being performed by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences."We have no doubt Sgt. Hardin was well within his rights and will be exonerated. What he did was necessary for his safety, and that of others," Justin Keiter, Hardin's attorney, said.
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