Police Said They Shot A Man Because He Pointed A Gun At Them. Video Shows He Had His Hands Up.
by Aviva Shen Jul 10, 2016 10:33 am
CREDIT: Facebook, Alva Braziel
Another black man was shot and killed by police in Texas early Saturday morning.
Houston Police said Alva Braziel was waving a gun around and pointed it at them when they opened fire. But surveillance footage from a nearby gas station suggests otherwise.
The video, which began circulating Saturday night on Twitter, shows Braziel walk out toward an intersection. When the squad car arrives, he appears to put his hands in the air and turn around, standing still for a few seconds before police shoot him.
Both officers involved reportedly had body cameras on them, but the footage has not yet been released.
Fury over Braziel’s death has erupted in the wake of two other citizen-recorded videos capturing police shooting black men in Minnesota and Louisiana. The deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile have triggered nationwide protests this week. In the midst of the outcry over those killings, a dozen officers in Dallas were attacked by a sniper while protecting one such protest. Five officers were killed.
It’s not yet clear whether or not Braziel had a gun or if he threatened police. Police protocol in most U.S. cities encourages officers to use lethal force if they feel someone is threatening them, but there are often many other tools and opportunities to de-escalate a situation.
For example, in a majority-white neighborhood of Houston this weekend, an armed suspect fired seven rounds at police officers. Yet police managed to end the standoff with gas and other non-lethal means without killing the man. He may now be transported to a psychiatric center for evaluation and treatment.
1. "Why post this? No one in Houston sides with this deadman" In response to Reply # 0
Pretty much everybody is like "that nigga was wylin out!!!" This guy's situation shouldn't even be brought up because it weakens the aggy police stance.
yeah, kinda don't wave guns at police and you won't get shot.
but just reaching for your wallet the police asks you for gets you killed is not right.
5. "Starting at barbershop @ 900am when i heard about it" In response to Reply # 2 Mon Jul-11-16 06:46 AM by deejboram
all the way to 330am when I left V-Live but i was all over on saturday Tasting Room Fleming's some hood ass pool party smoke sessions at the homie's house (they was smoking not me) randos in the streets
Like, not a SINGLE person was like "awww yeah the police be killing niggas" but everybody was said about Baton Rouge, Minnysoda, and Dallas but that nigga in sunnyside got NOOO love
they basically all chopped it up to this was some crazy ass nigga waving a pistol at the police so what'd he expect
6. "that videographer is dumb. why your hands get shaky allah sudden?" In response to Reply # 0
re-record the damn thing and keep STILL HANDS at least 2 seconds before the shooting and 2 seconds after i can't tell what his arms/hands were doing immediately before he got shot
it seems sus
but niggas that live over that way ain't rallying behind the dude so that usually says a lot
Atillah Moor Member since Sep 05th 2013 13825 posts
Mon Jul-11-16 12:35 PM
9. "No one trying to calmly watch a man get shot to death Deej!!" In response to Reply # 6
WTF is wrong with some of yall?? Why'd the camera turn right before the "good" part? FOH these are regular ass people with cell phone cameras -- not warzone reporters. Yet anyway.
11. "he's filiming a film. cmon man!" In response to Reply # 9
>WTF is wrong with some of yall?? Why'd the camera turn right >before the "good" part? FOH these are regular ass people with >cell phone cameras -- not warzone reporters. Yet anyway.
the shit gets WAAAY too shaky immediately before ol boy gets shot so it's sus
and today is monday and Quanell X still hasn't backed this dude no marches no nothing this shit says a lot
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