Posted on 10/17/2018 12:56:08 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Video released Tuesday shows an off-duty Chicago police sergeant opening fire from his vehicle and wounding an apparently unarmed man as he stood on a sidewalk in front of a home in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released police dashboard camera, home surveillance video and police reports more than a year after Ricardo “Ricky” Hayes, then 18, was shot in the arm and chest in the 11100 block of South Hermosa Avenue.
The police reports identified the officer as Sgt. Khalil Muhammad, who was placed on paid desk duty indefinitely soon after the shooting on Aug. 13, 2017.
Hayes, who according to his attorneys has developmental disabilities, had been reported missing about three hours before the 5 a.m. shooting.
A federal lawsuit filed in August on Hayes’ behalf alleges that Muhammad used excessive force, saying Hayes posed no threat when the officer opened fire. The suit names Muhammad in addition to the city of Chicago as defendants.
Surveillance video from the front porch of a residence shows Hayes running as a vehicle apparently driven by Muhammad follows him. Hayes stops and stands on the sidewalk in front of a home as the vehicle approaches.
Hayes takes several steps on the sidewalk before two gunshots from the vehicle can be heard on the video. Hayes runs out of frame, and the officer later identified as Muhammad exits the vehicle.
Other third-party security video shows Hayes running toward a car before the shooting.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
And another Mohamed did the same thing last year in Minneapolis when he too shot and killed a woman as he sat in his car.
Are muslim cops too lazy to even get out of their cars before shooting innocent people?
Other reports indicate the teen is autistic. Poor kid.
He obviously didn’t know that if you run from the cops - you will get shot.
Hell, even if you stop running and stand still, you just make yourself an easier target for the cop.
Nice white guy name.../s. Will they riot? Ain’t sharia grand1
Not much outcry compared to other events.why?
Well, at least he was able to keep his job and get desk duty.
Most of us would be in prison for this.
> Hell, even if you stop running and stand still, you just make yourself an easier target for the cop. <
Crawling on the ground while trying to follow orders might not help either. Back in 2016 Daniel Shaver was shot and killed while in that position.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-daniel-shaver-police-video-20171208-story.html
That’s a popular sport in South Dakota, except it’s varmints, not people.
Yep, I remember that. He was begging “Don’t shoot me! Don’t shoot me!” also.
He was shot.
While its no excuse to be shot, was he checking car doors in the first part of the video?
And nothing happened to the armed street level enforcer of the legislature.
Sure looks like it.
There is video, apparently. I thought that myself.
The video shows him moving toward the police car before being shot. The article obscures that fact. However, in the video he doesn’t appear to be that close to the car or posing an imminent threat. He was running around before that perhaps the cop felt threatened that he might run at the car. The shooting appears unnecessary from the video.
“The video shows him moving toward the police car before being shot.”
Cop probably told him to come here.
The police reports identified the officer as Sgt. Khalil Muhammad, who was placed on paid desk duty indefinitely soon after the shooting... Hayes, who according to his attorneys has developmental disabilities, had been reported missing about three hours before the 5 a.m. shooting. A federal lawsuit filed in August on Hayes’ behalf alleges that Muhammad used excessive force, saying Hayes posed no threat when the officer opened fire. The suit names Muhammad in addition to the city of Chicago as defendants... Surveillance video from the front porch of a residence shows Hayes running as a vehicle apparently driven by Muhammad follows him. Hayes stops and stands on the sidewalk in front of a home as the vehicle approaches... Other third-party security video shows Hayes running toward a car before the shooting.
The worst consequence of this accidental misunderstanding is that the right wing will try to use it to justify Islamophobia. /sarc
...Civilian Office of Police Accountability...
Sounds like Chicago need to be reminded that cops are civilians.
Hayes has developmental disabilities, but he can run.
Mental issues, I would guess.
Sgt. Khalil Muhammad will no doubt be given union representation as well as support from the Muslim Brotherhood.
He will be treated fairly. As for the kid, who knows? If the kid were a clean-cut boy of European descent, most likely his family will be at their wits’ end over this.
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