As the United States struggles with high-profile instances of police brutality, footage from California has surfaced that purports to show the minutes before police shot and killed a double amputee as he fled away from them on his stumps.
Anthony Lowe, 36, is seen abandoning his wheelchair as police officers aim their rifles at him in surveillance footage shot from several perspectives by onlookers following reports that he had stabbed someone.
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There is no clear picture of what transpired next, but Lowe, a black man, was killed when the cops fired around 10 shots.
In the aftermath of Tyre Nichols’ brutal assault in Memphis, police behavior toward black males is being scrutinized in the video.
Three days after being kicked, beaten, pepper sprayed, and struck with a baton by a gang of cops, Nichols, 29, passed away on January 10. His murder has now been blamed on five people.
Police in the little community of Huntington Park, which is part of greater Los Angeles, claimed they were called after hearing about an unprovoked stabbing on Thursday of last week that was committed by a guy in a wheelchair.
The police department claimed that when they discovered the putative suspect in possession of a 12-inch (30-centimeter) butcher’s knife, he defied orders and threatened to “throw the knife.”
In the aftermath of Tyre Nichols’ brutal assault in Memphis, police behavior toward black males is being scrutinized in the video.
Three days after being kicked, beaten, pepper sprayed, and struck with a baton by a gang of cops, Nichols, 29, passed away on January 10. His murder has now been blamed on five people.
Police in the little community of Huntington Park, which is part of greater Los Angeles, claimed they were called after hearing about an unprovoked stabbing on Thursday of last week that was committed by a guy in a wheelchair.
According to the police department, the suspected suspect defied orders and threatened to “throw the knife” when he was discovered wielding a 12-inch (30-centimeter) butcher’s knife.
But Lowe’s mother, Dorothy Lowe, told reporters on Monday she wanted action over his death.
“The way they killed my son, they murdered my son in a wheelchair with no legs,” she said.
“So they do need to do something about it, because I do I want justice for my son.”
However, Dorothy Lowe, Lowe’s mother, told reporters on Monday that she wanted something done about her son’s passing.
