{"id":79485,"date":"2022-07-05T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T13:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=79485"},"modified":"2022-07-05T13:15:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T13:15:10","slug":"ohio-black-man-shot-60-times-by-police-video-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=79485","title":{"rendered":"Ohio black man shot 60 times by police, video shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> US police have released video of a chase in Akron, Ohio, which ended in a black man being shot dead, hit more than 60 times by pursuing officers.<\/p>\n

Police believe Jayland Walker, 25, opened fire first and officers feared for their lives during the night-time traffic stop on 27 June.<\/p>\n

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Walker was not armed when he ran away from his car but police say a pistol was later found inside it.<\/p>\n

Akron's mayor urged local people to show patience as protests began.<\/p>\n

“The video is heart-breaking, it's hard to take in,” Daniel Horrigan said after the footage was released on Sunday.<\/p>\n

State Attorney General Dave Yost promised a “complete, fair and expert investigation” by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation while Akron police are holding a separate internal investigation into whether officers violated departmental rules or policies.<\/p>\n

The eight officers involved in the shooting, seven of whom are white and one of whom is black, have been put on paid administrative leave.<\/p>\n

A lawyer for Walker's family said officers had kept firing even after he was on the ground.<\/p>\n

Derrick Johnson, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, described Mr Walker's death as “murder. Point blank”.<\/p>\n

Jayland Walker's car was stopped on Monday 27 June at 00:30 for a routine traffic inspection.<\/p>\n

A shot was heard from the car and a traffic camera captured what appeared to be a muzzle flash, Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett said, quoted by the Associated Press news agency.<\/p>\n

Police body cameras show a person in a ski mask getting out of the car and running towards a car park, chased by officers for about 10 seconds before they open fire.<\/p>\n

One officer tried first to use a stun gun but that was unsuccessful, police say.<\/p>\n

Police Chief Mylett said one still photo seemed to show Walker “going down to his waist area” and another appeared to show him turning toward an officer. A third picture image “captures a forward motion of his arm”, he said.<\/p>\n

As well as the pistol found with a loaded magazine on a seat in the car, a bullet casing matching the weapon was found nearby, police say.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators marched peacefully through Akron and gathered in front of the city justice centre after the video was released.<\/p>\n

Family lawyer Bobby DiCello said police had fired on Walker even when he was on the ground and had handcuffed him before trying to provide first aid.<\/p>\n

Walker's family said in a statement to CBS News: “Anger is fine. Anger is understandable. Violence is not. Let's uphold the dignity of Jayland's life as we peacefully demand justice for him.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: US police have released video of a chase in Akron, Ohio, which ended in a black man being shot dead, hit more than 60 times by pursuing officers. Police believe Jayland Walker, 25, opened fire first and officers feared for their lives during the night-time traffic stop on 27 June. Walker was not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":79486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n