Posted on 11/27/2020 8:04:19 AM PST by Towed_Jumper
The father of a Phoenix man shot in the back by officers this month tells ABC15 there's "no justification" for the shooting.
Phoenix police officers Austin Martin and Ryan O'Hayer reported they saw Brian Streeter, 35, fighting in the street with his girlfriend on November 13. When officers approached the couple at the corner of 19th Avenue and Indian School Road, Streeter turned and ran.
Phoenix police released officer body-worn camera video of the shooting Wednesday. On the video, one officer yelled out that Streeter has a gun. Streeter pointed the gun at his own head as O'Hayer and Martin pursued on foot.
The chase goes around a row of businesses and down an alley before returning near the main intersection.
"Bro, if you don't stop right now, we are going to shoot you," one of the officers said. Both officers are white men. Streeter is black.
Streeter, still with his gun to his head and his back to the officers, yelled out his girlfriend's name just before police opened fire.
"It’s hard to swallow, Brian Streeter, Sr. told ABC15. "I could see if he was going to hurt somebody, but there’s no justification for shooting him like that."
Three gunshots are heard on the video. Streeter falls after the first shot. He suffered bullet wounds to the back and the leg.
"You shoot him two more times after he’s down; people need to know that," Brian Streeter, Sr. said.
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That's OK, you're not required to. BUT .... if I prove to be right, you buy everyone's next round. :-)
Sounds good to me...I need a drink.
It's probably at 3.9% at this point.
A more pertinent factor than race is the fact that ALL of the suspects in these highly-publicized cases resisted arrest and ignored police instructions; several attacked police as part of their resistance.
And from the video, the officers didn’t fire till he reached the end of the ally/drive they were chasing him in and reached a busy street with passing traffic. They’re supposed to leave him loose on a busy street?
He would inevitably carjack someone.
No.
Without making a specific comment about this particular shooting, it is well known that police departments don’t hire people near the top of the food chain. If you have an IQ of over 104, good luck in getting hired.
Media quick to point out race of participants except when it’s black killing white. Then no mention is ever made.
It sounds like the perp tried the “Blazing Saddles” maneuver or something.
The fact he was currently pointing the gun at his own head is irrelevant. What matters is his refusal to comply and drop the gun. If you are aiming at someone they can decide to aim and shoot you before your brain tells your trigger finger to curl. That is the basis for all the noncompliance shootings. If people fail to comply with movement commands, how much confidence can you have they won’t use their weapon trying to kill you in an effort to escape?
“That’s OK, you’re not required to. BUT .... if I prove to be right, you buy everyone’s next round. :-)”
And I’d be thrilled to do so.
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