On January 18th, 2016, police were called to a Mesa hotel with the complaint that a man on the 5th floor had a gun. According to video footage, Phillip Brailsford, an officer at the Mesa PD, gave the suspected Daniel Shaver instructions. Strangely contradictory instructions. He stated " Do not put your hands down for any reason" but then instructed him to crawl towards him on the floor. Shaver did so, but he also made a slight twisting motion and in return, Brailsford shot 5 times, killing him. The body-cam footage of the incident is haunting, you can see Shaver begging for the officer not to shoot and apologizing before the abrupt end. The most frustrating parts however, came later, no weapon was found on Shaver and Brailsford was acquitted.
This story is all too familiar, unarmed men and women being killed by police, this story differs only in that Daniel Shaver isn't part of the black community, as Tamir Rice, Akiel Denkins, Gregory Gunn, Samuel DuBose, Brendon Glenn, Freddie Gray, Natasha McKenna, Walter Scott, Christian Taylor, Michael Brown Jr., Ezell Ford, Eric Garner, Laquan McDonald, Yvette Smith, Jamar Clark, Rekia Boyd, Shereese Francis, Ramaey Graham, Manuel Loggins Jr., Sean Bell, Ronald Madison, and Kendra James were, just to name a few.
I am sick of hearing stories and reading articles about people being killed for no other reason than fear.
https://www.google.com/amp/abc13.com/amp/body-cam-video-shows-man-beg-before-officer-killed-him/2764978/
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