Ohio police have released bodycam footage showing the moment police officers fatally shot Jayland Walker, an unarmed Black man.
Authorities say footage appears to show Walker firing gun at police during earlier vehicle chaseProtesters rally in Akron, Ohio, on Sunday, demanding police accountability over the shooting death of Jayland Walker, a Black man who was killed by police on June 27.
Police said a few minutes later the car slowed and Walker emerged from the still-moving vehicle wearing a ski mask and fled on foot. "They want to turn him into a masked monster with a gun," DiCello said. "I ask you, as he's running away, what is reasonable? To gun him down? No, that's not reasonable."Mylett said he has watched the video dozens of times and Walker's actions are hard to distinguish, but a still photo seems to show him "going down to his waist area" and another appears to show him turning toward an officer and a third picture "captures a forward motion of his arm.
Mylett said an officer firing at someone has to be "ready to explain why they did what they did, they need to be able to articulate what specific threats they were facing ... and they need to be held to account." The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard practice in such cases.Walker's family is calling for accountability but also for peace, their lawyers said after the city released video of the shooting.
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