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Emmastan291:
Phoenix police officers shot and killed a man inside a parked car July 4 in an incident captured on bystander video, sparking renewed protests in the Arizona city.

The video shows police threatening to shoot the man before firing a barrage of bullets into the vehicle. Police said the man was armed with a handgun, but his sister disputes that.

The Phoenix Police Department released video from a body-worn camera Monday afternoon from an officer who arrived on scene after the shooting. The video showed the officer wearing the camera reach into the car where the man was sitting and pull out a gun.

The Maricopa County medical examiner's office has not released the man's autopsy results and has not released information about the manner of his death.

The fatal shooting comes amid nationwide protests against police violence, and bystander video of the incident set off further protests in Phoenix on Sunday night outside a police station. The killing was the 28th officer-involved shooting in Maricopa County this year, according to CNN affiliate KPHO/KTVK.

Police eventually asked the protesters to disperse and they complied, and no arrests were reported, according to KPHO/KTVK.

"As we continue to see, they're not hearing us, so we are going to be out here every day and we are going to utilize every disruptive, non-violent demonstration tactic that we have in order to make sure that they hear us loud and clear," protester Jacob Raiford told the station.

In a Facebook post, City Council member Carlos Garcia identified the man who was killed as James "Jay" Garcia. (The two do not appear to be related.) According to public records, James Garcia was 28.

Carlos Garcia criticized the police's use of force in the incident and cast doubt on their description of events.

"It does not shock us that despite all the scrutiny from community Phoenix PD continues to respond violently to calls. But, we must all continue to ask for transparency and accountability," he wrote on Facebook.

"The department also issued a premature statement leaving out facts about the case. We cannot allow for dishonest narratives to be built by violent departments. We will continue to call for independent investigations into officer involved shootings."

What the videos show

Police said they received a 911 call on July 4 from a man who said he was stabbed in June and that the person responsible was back in the area threatening him, according to a statement from police Monday afternoon.

When police arrived, the caller told officers the man who stabbed him had a knife and another person had a gun. The man directed officers to a house where they found several people, including a man in a car on the driveway.

"Officers talked to the man for approximately 10 minutes, asking him to leave his car so they could secure the scene. He refused and eventually rolled up the windows and pulled out a gun," police said in the statement.

"Officers ordered the man to drop the gun but he refused," the statement read. "The man repeatedly told officers to shoot him and lifted the gun toward the officers. That's when two officers fired their weapons."

A video of the incident, posted to social media by relatives of James Garcia, shows at least four officers surrounding the car. One officer can be heard threatening to shoot the person in the driver's seat if they don't stop moving. Seconds later, another officer can be seen swinging an object into the passenger's side of the car.

Around 10 shots can be heard on the video immediately after the sound of glass breaking. Garcia was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The bystander video does not show most of the 10-minute interaction between police and Garcia.

The body camera video released by police Monday shows the officer running toward the car where the man was shot as other officers stand around it, some with guns drawn. It said the officer arrived immediately after the shooting.

Two other officers are still pointing their weapons at the man in the driver's seat, who appears slumped over. The video released by the department blurs his body.

The officer wearing the camera says, "Let me glove up," and is seen putting on gloves. He asks where the gun is, and is told that it's in the man's lap.

The video shows the officer reach into the car through the shattered driver's side window and lift out a black gun. He then shouts, "Gun is secure."

James Garcia's sister, Jacqueline Fernandez, said in a separate Facebook post that her brother was "unarmed sleeping in the car" when police shot him. Fernandez and another family member did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Phoenix Police Department said it is not releasing body-worn videos from the officers directly involved in the shooting until after all witness and officer interviews are completed, so as not to compromise its investigation.


Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/phoenix-police-shot-and-killed-a-man-in-a-parked-car-sparking-renewed-protests/ar-BB16pCYy?ocid=SautMedia

Before we judge the police... he did what he had to do!

Someone called the cops on him for he stabbed him few days ago and end up in the hospital for two days, only for him to get out of hospital and see the same guy who stabbed you again ... the dude that got stabbed was also a latino... you cannot be pointing a gun to the cop and don’t expect them to shoot you first.

Remember the rule; do NOT aim at what you do not intend to shoot!

I’m in no way supporting police shooting, I’m a black man too... it scares shit out of me... but this is a very different story!

Originality007:
Clueless iran, that is y dey MUST not have access to nuclear power. Given iran Nuclear power is dangerous to the neighbouring countries around dem

But it’s very okay for Isreal to have one in the same region ?

LIES! FBI will never discuss an ongoing investigation with you madam abegi

BluntNigerian:
Why won't all these people cry on top of These Evil Politicians Matter??
Or are they not hurt by the wicked politicians??

They are mad na! They refuse to cry on top naija politicians Mchew awon elekun egbere

Some people just mu.mu sha ... is she running the store? Did they find her in the store? Mchew

That’s Beauty and Venom! Who noticed the detail of its skins beauty... nature is amazing!

Some children of hate will come and tell us about how he created the virus to reduce the worlds population mchew

EggSauce:
I keep saying it... Russians and Asians scams the west 10x than Nigerians... IRS na Indians get dat one...

That’s a well known fact! But honestly I don’t blame the FBI gunning for the Nigerians ... we shouldn’t make that list in the first place.

StillWiz:
God help my country

Can you confirm the date of your screenshot ? I never had issues with SANS even though my first degree was from a Naija Uni ... let’s be guided jare

Jdbrasco2:
He said the truth. He doesn't have to cos he has done a lot for them in d areas of Prison reform, jobs, education, etc. But some how the democrats control their reasoning.

Where are you located?

phransix2:
Their clothing line is very expensive....

I don’t know about the pricing but very inferior something. One wash and they fade! I hated that store

Government of the FEW, by the FEW but for the PEOPLE!!!

Quietly, the northern Nigeria is developing their states... from Borno to Nasarawa to Sokoto... only if we can go back to regional government... Nigeria as a nation would be greater!

ElRapido:
Hope you know Biden was the VP during Obama tenure. Which means they belong in same cult. So how come your globalist no take over during Obama's regime.

You get time to dey answer them ... very dumb people!

If Biden is puppet you globalist, then Trump is puppet to the elites and business executives??

I no dey bother to reply them sef

dermmy:
Do you even know what Marxism means. If the call to unseat the inept and racist called Trump in the next election means Marxism to you then you know nothing about Marxist ideology.

Stop replying to that guy... he’s a BOT!

Women are scum

Nigeria is a rich country, they should stop giving us aids... those aids don’t reflect on the lives of ordinary citizens.

Nigeria is rich enough to take care of its own problems and helping neighboring country but greed on the part of the politician won’t let our country grow.

Since 1960 we still can’t boast of a steady power supply... Even Iran that has been under sanctions for over 4 decades have no electricity issue.

This matter too dey tire person sef

Glink2018:
Otedola the rich daugter.instead of this nonsense why can't your father give you a role in his company like Dangote daughter, it will keep you busy instead of you jumping up and down the entertainment industry...
How many serious people can. you find In the entertainment industry, it is better for you to ask your father for a professional role in his company so that you can take over from father after his demise...

Senior adviser! Chief Judge! Oshe!

Because she’s having her time now means she’s not busy abi ?
Sit down there and be judging other people’s lives and telling them what’s best for their lives smh

michlins:
no single person can sponsor himself in America. Even Michael Bloomberg who's many times richer than Trump couldn't win the Democrats primary with all his money and help.

People think Nigeria politics is about money and compromise and that's because they never understood the American politics. There are legal bribe facilitators called lobbyists. They collect bribe from private individuals and then sponsor a candidate with the bribes in exchange for a favorable policies and stuff.

Forget sha

You nailed it!

In Africa, the correct word for lobbying = bribery!!!

LuQuLuQu:
No nonsense Trump!

He singlehandedly sponsored himself to presidency.

Reason he can't take shitt lying down

Fact checking; He doesn’t sponsored himself to presidency, donations are accepted infact (must)!

This is not Nigerian election campaign where politicians borrow money from bank to campaign

BigBabyJesus:

DACA was Obama's exploitation of Presidential Executive Order to get illegal aliens to vote him back into office knowing fully well that the over 12 million illegal aliens will definitely vote for him over the temporary reprive to stay in America without getting deported[b][/b]

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Executive Orders are NOT laws but policies that can and used to be able to be reviewed or cancelled by the executive.

The Supreme Court decision has created room for American Presidents to act outside the US constitution and laws as it set the precedents that any EO can not be overturned without redress to Congress and or the courts which basically gives the President the powers to issue decrees and thus dictatorial power.

With this highly partisan ruling, SCOTUS has unknowingly given extraordinary powers to POTUS to enact decrees.
What this means in future (as Trump tweeted) was that POTUS can roll out laws and decrees without recourse to Congress and scrutiny by the courts.

What you should expect is Trump passing decrees that ban mail-in voting and ID mandated voting - two of the major contentions between the Republicans and Democrats in the upcoming elections.

Voting fraud has been perpetuated by the Democrats using both mail-in votes and multiple voting and vote by illegal aliens.

This is a win for Trump as he rightly tweeted but a big loss for American democracy as POTUS now has the dictatorial powers to roll out decrees.

The Democrats are now coming to realization that such a partisan decision by SCOTUS is not in anyway favorable to their intended rigging plans as Trump can issue same executive orders (which Obama used in 2012) to his advantage and ban mail-in votes and voting without identification or illegal immigrant voting - which are what the Democrats have been using to rig elections since Obma.

Really ? So the 12m voted for Obama ? Just look at you!

I bet you have no idea about what DACA.

First, Only a US citizen can vote In the presidential elections and be voted for!

2nd, DACA is just giving them the legality to stay in the country, can work and live here. That’s all the DACA currently gives. They are not citizen and can’t vote. Even a permanent resident can’t vote.

3rd, stop copying comments from Foxnews comment sections... illegal immigrants can’t vote until they become a US citizen.

4th, Obama’s DACA doesn’t give the beneficiaries any voting power not until they become a citizen.

Stop pushing this fake information, google it! Read and get enlightened.

Abbeybailey:
Only if you can vote for him but the funny part is that he think of your like as a subhuman species out of the African Jungle.

You mean a shi.t-holer

GenBuhari:
Besides our ancestors built America for free when they were ubducted and taken there by the white savages.
@ topic
In early ancient time we led the world in every area, the pyramids we built is a feat of engineering that no other race had ever managed to replicate, even till today with all technolo available;
Then white savages came with guns and religion and disrupted our progress seemingly setting us back decades.
Some centuries ago China led the world in trade and commerce until the white savages went there and occupied and disrupted their country and set them back for a century.
Today China has successfully bounced back to lead the world again.
We also like China will one day reclaim our position as leaders of the world and sooner than you might imagine. We need to disengag completely from these pathetic white savages who even till today, will not let us be.

Sorry to dash your hope but Africa won’t rise again unless we stop voting those that pay for our votes instead of voting based on MERIT!!!

We vote along tribal lines, instead of Merit!
We vote for the highest bidder!
We worship the thieves in power!!!

Lastly, until we recognize the reality that PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE EMPLOYEES TO THE CITIZENS...we voted them in and pay them salaries to manage our resources, they are not suppose to our bosses, nor should we be afraid of them... sadly the reality is complete opposite in 2020 Africa.

Wrong and disrespectful! Wait till you’re married to them before you start tripping!

Those are not farmers, farmers don’t have time and to package their produce ... nice try!

myboy2111:
The Best President since Independence

God Bless President Buhari
God Bless Federal Republic of Nigeria

Because of rail ?