No charges after US police kill man who yelled 'don't shoot'

[comte]

In this screen grab handout from the Minneapolis Police Department, police chase Thurman Blevins, who was armed with a handgun and was shot dead by officers, prosecutors said (AFP Photo/HO)
Chicago (AFP) - A US prosecutor declined Monday to file criminal charges against police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an armed suspect who led them on a foot chase while yelling "don't shoot me."

Authorities' release on Sunday night of officers' body-camera footage from the June shooting in Minneapolis, involving a black suspect and white officers, raised tensions in the Midwestern city.

It is the latest case to highlight the fraught relationship between black communities and law enforcement agencies across the US.

The footage showed 31-year-old Thurman Blevins, armed with a handgun, running away from officers and yelling "please don't shoot me" and "leave me alone."
Blevins took the gun out of his pants pocket and turned towards the officers just before they fired 14 shots, according to the Hennepin County prosecutor's office.

Blevins then collapsed and blood began to pool beneath his body, as an officer kicked away a handgun that had fallen to the ground.

"Mr Blevins represented a danger to the lives of (the officers)," County Attorney Mike Freeman said in a written statement.
"Their decision to use deadly force against Mr Blevins under those circumstances was authorized."

Freeman had planned to announce his findings during a news conference, but was shouted down by activists as it appeared from his initial remarks that he was declining to prosecute.

"We came here for justice," yelled one unidentified man. "Black people are tired of being hunted down like deer."

The president of Minneapolis's police union stepped into the fray, admonishing critics and alleging that Blevins had fired at officers.

"(Blevins's gun) was fired. There was a casing recovered," union president Bob Kroll said at a separate news conference.
"We challenge community activists who are critical of police to place themselves in the officers' shoes. Tell us what you would have done different or better," he said.

The shooting was the latest involving an African-American by a white police officer, a string of cases that has fueled outrage across the United States and given rise to the Black Lives Matter protest movement.
According to a database maintained by The Washington Post, 584 people have been shot and killed by on-duty US police in 2018. The database showed that 112 of those killed were black.
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Hili ni kama kwetu la Akwilina. Je, shangazi wa Taifa, Fatmu Karume hili limekaaje?

 

[Ambiele Kiviele]

Hii lugha ya malkia kwangu inaukakasi

 

[Salary Slip]

Uovu hauna justification mbinguni na duniani.

 

[comte]

Hii lugha ya malkia kwangu inaukakasi

POLE, HATA KWANGU; NDIYO MAANA NIMEMUOMBA SHANGAZI WA TAIFA

 

[Ambiele Kiviele]

POLE, HATA KWANGU NIDIYO MAANA NIMEMUOMBA SHAGAZI WA TAIFA

Akija unitag

 

[YEHODAYA]

Hii lugha ya malkia kwangu inaukakasi

kingereza kimeniharibia siku yangu kwa nini kaandika kingereza uswahilini

 

[relis]

HII KESI KAMA YA KWETU (AQUILLINA)

No charges after US police kill man who yelled 'don't shoot'

AFP 10 hours ago

In this screen grab handout from the Minneapolis Police Department, police chase Thurman Blevins, who was armed with a handgun and was shot dead by officers, prosecutors said (AFP Photo/HO)
Chicago (AFP) - A US prosecutor declined Monday to file criminal charges against police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an armed suspect who led them on a foot chase while yelling "don't shoot me."
Authorities' release on Sunday night of officers' body-camera footage from the June shooting in Minneapolis, involving a black suspect and white officers, raised tensions in the Midwestern city.
It is the latest case to highlight the fraught relationship between black communities and law enforcement agencies across the US.
The footage showed 31-year-old Thurman Blevins, armed with a handgun, running away from officers and yelling "please don't shoot me" and "leave me alone."
Blevins took the gun out of his pants pocket and turned towards the officers just before they fired 14 shots, according to the Hennepin County prosecutor's office.
Blevins then collapsed and blood began to pool beneath his body, as an officer kicked away a handgun that had fallen to the ground.
"Mr Blevins represented a danger to the lives of (the officers)," County Attorney Mike Freeman said in a written statement.
"Their decision to use deadly force against Mr Blevins under those circumstances was authorized."
Freeman had planned to announce his findings during a news conference, but was shouted down by activists as it appeared from his initial remarks that he was declining to prosecute.
"We came here for justice," yelled one unidentified man. "Black people are tired of being hunted down like deer."
The president of Minneapolis's police union stepped into the fray, admonishing critics and alleging that Blevins had fired at officers.
"(Blevins's gun) was fired. There was a casing recovered," union president Bob Kroll said at a separate news conference.
"We challenge community activists who are critical of police to place themselves in the officers' shoes. Tell us what you would have done different or better," he said.
The shooting was the latest involving an African-American by a white police officer, a string of cases that has fueled outrage across the United States and given rise to the Black Lives Matter protest movement.
According to a database maintained by The Washington Post, 584 people have been shot and killed by on-duty US police in 2018. The database showed that 112 of those killed were black.

Ilivyokaa shangazi anapenda na sisi Tz tuige demokrasia nzuri na utu kutoka US ndio maana hata ikitokea tabu kwetu wanapenda US ajue kilichopo kwetu kwa msaada wa kuonya au kutuwekea vikwazo.

 

[comte]

Ilivyokaa shangazi anapenda na sisi Tz tuige demokrasia nzuri na utu kutoka US ndio maana hata ikitokea tabu kwetu wanapenda US ajue kilichopo kwetu kwa msaada wa kuonya au kutuwekea vikwazo.

relis, unamaana shangazi Karume atawaomba Burundi waiwekee USA vikwanzo kwa kitendo hiki?

 

[ISIS]

All in all the world is not level!
Mwombe Mola asikuingize kwenye kwenye majaribu kama haya!
That’s all!

 

[Mjuni Lwambo]

Kweli duniani hapa ni ubatili mtupu, yaani mleta mada katika kutaka kuhalalisha mauaji ya Akwilina unalazimika kumlinganisha na mhalifu aliyekuwa anakimbia na shortgun mikononi, amegoma kujisalimisha hadi akapigwa risasi kule Marekani, ni ajabu sana.

 

[comte]

Kweli duniani hapa ni ubatili mtupu, yaani mleta mada katika kutaka kuhalalisha mauaji ya Akwilina unalazimika kumlinganisha na mhalifu aliyekuwa anakimbia na shortgun mikononi, amegoma kujisalimisha hadi akapigwa risasi kule Marekani, ni ajabu sana.

Mjuni Lwambo, kwa hiyo wewe unaamini Akwilina aliuwawa kwa makusudi

 

[Mjuni Lwambo]

Mjuni Lwambo, kwa hiyo wewe unaamini Akwilina aliuwawa kwa makusudi

Sio makusudi, hakuwa mlengwa, ila hayo ni mauaji ya bila kukusudia, huwa yana adhabu mahakamani, kumlinganisha na mhalifu mwenye shotgun aliegoma kujisalimisha, ni kutaka kujitoa ufahamu.

 

[comte]

Sio makusudi, hakuwa mlengwa, ila hayo ni mauaji ya bila kukusudia, huwa yana adhabu mahakamani, kumlinganisha na mhalifu mwenye shotgun aliegoma kujisalimisha, ni kutaka kujitoa ufahamu.

Mjuni Lwambo, kama ni mauwaji ya bila kukusudia basi waliosabibisha hayo kutokea walipaswa kuhusika na kuwajibika. Polisi walipeleka kesi mahakamani na mahakama ikaona hakuona ushahidi wa kutosha - ikaamua Shangazi et al hawaelewi- sasa inakuwaje?

 

[adden]

Hii lugha ya malkia kwangu inaukakasi

Lakini black alikuwa na makosa ni bora angeitupa bunduki kisha ajishalimishe kwamba wasimuue!polisi hapo alijihami sababu huwezi kujisalimisha huku bunduki iko mkononi na mtu akakuacha