Columbus, United States:
The fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man by police in Columbus, Ohio — the US city’s second such killing this month — sparked a fresh wave of protests on Thursday against racial injustice and police brutality in the nation.
Andre Maurice Hill, 47, was in the garage of a residence on Monday evening when he was shot a number of occasions by a police officer who had been known as to the scene for a minor incident.
Seconds prior to the gunfire, bodycam footage shows Hill walking towards the policeman holding a cell telephone in his left hand, whilst his other hand can not be observed.
Columbus police chief Thomas Quinlan announced Thursday that he was moving to fire the officer, Adam Coy, on allegations of “critical misconduct”.
“We have an officer who violated his oath to comply with the rules and policies of the Columbus Division of Police,” Quinlan stated in a statement. “This violation cost an innocent man his life.”
According to regional media reports, Coy had previously received complaints of excessive force.
Coy and his colleague waited a number of minutes prior to approaching Hill, who was nonetheless alive, but died later.
Hill, the second African-American killed by police in Columbus in much less than 3 weeks, was not carrying a weapon.
Casey Goodson Jr, 23, was shot a number of occasions on December 4 whilst returning property. His family members has stated he was holding a sandwich which law enforcement mistook for a gun.
Several dozen protestors gathered Thursday, waving Black Lives Matter indicators and calling for justice for individuals killed in police shootings.
The killings in Columbus come right after a summer season in which the US was rocked by historic protests against racial injustice and police brutality, sparked by the May killing of African-American man George Floyd.
Floyd, also unarmed, suffocated beneath the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis. Horrified passers-by filmed his death, with the footage swiftly going viral.
“Once again officers see a Black man and conclude that he’s criminal and dangerous,” stated lawyer Ben Crump, who defends a number of households of police brutality victims such as Floyd’s, on Wednesday.
He denounced a “tragic succession of officer-involved shootings.”
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther stated he was “outraged” by Hill’s death.
He was “known to the residents of the home where his car was parked on the street,” he stated Wednesday at a press conference, describing him as a “guest… not an intruder.”
Ginther stated he was “very disturbed” that the two police officers did not give 1st help to Hill and known as for Coy’s “immediate termination.”
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