I don’t know if this particular situation was more of a racial issue or just some horribly trained cops.
You have to be really naïve to not believe that cops are more trigger happy when they see a black suspect than a white suspect. That is just the way it is, but if they had proper training they wouldn’t be so quick to shoot and ask questions later, but here we are.
The man shot by an IMPD officer thought he was confronting the suspect that tried to carjack his wife’s car, but it was actually a responding police officer, police sources tell Call 6 Investigates.
The man was on the phone with 911 for more than three minutes. At the end of the call, the man was heard saying, “Is that him?” before the line was disconnected. Dispatchers tried to call him back multiple times, but he didn’t answer.
At the same time IMPD officers arrived at the home and saw a black car in the driveway with its lights on. At this point, officers believed this was the suspect’s car and they started looking for him.
A few moments later, the man came out of the garage with a gun in his hand and police fired shots, sources said. At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, IMPD said they shot the man once in the stomach.
IMPD said they approached the scene without sirens, tactically, with their weapons drawn based on the circumstances of the 911 call.
Sources say it’s unclear if the officers yelled out, “Police!” or told him to drop the gun before firing.
By the way the carjacker got away.
I can see how confusion could happen in this case, but it is up to the cops to try to de-escalate the situation, not just shoot on sight.
Did they ID themselves as cops? Did they tell him to drop the weapon? None of this seemed to happen and you have to wonder if he was white would they have made the decision to not shoot first and ask questions later.
Flip the page for video of the cops trying to explain what happened.