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Video shows officer shooting fleeing Fresno teen in the back of the head
Footage of Fresno, California, incident follows police claims that killing of unarmed Isiah Murrietta-Golding, 16, was justified
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
@SamTLevin Email
Fri 25 Oct 2019 06.40 EDT
Newly released video shows a Fresno, California, police officer shooting a fleeing, unarmed 16-year-old in the back of the head and then handcuffing the boy as he lies motionless on the ground.
Surveillance footage of the 14 April 2017 killing of Isiah Murrietta-Golding, released this week by the familys attorney, has spread across the US, with critics calling it another example of extreme police brutality and unjustified lethal force that would have received little attention if lawyers hadnt published the video.
The footage shows the teenager running from officers, jumping a fence, falling to the ground and continuing to flee. Murrietta-Golding was an estimated 35 feet away from the officers when one of them fired a single bullet into his head. The officer then hopped the fence, approached the boys limp body and handcuffed his hands behind his back.
The video comes after the police department in Fresno, a city in Californias Central Valley, refused to release the footage while publicly stating that the killing was justified, said Stuart Chandler, an attorney for Murrietta-Goldings father.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/25/police-shooting-video-isiah-murrietta-golding-fresno-california
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Video shows officer shooting fleeing Fresno teen in the back of the head (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Oct 2019
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Karadeniz
(22,572 posts)2. Police need to be trained in the its-not-worth-it judgment call. Also, is it EVER justified to shoot
Someone in the back?
Dan
(3,579 posts)3. I read the article the young man was
A suspect in a murder investigation - as the offender.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)4. Pragmatically, how does that change things?
Dan
(3,579 posts)5. As I recall,
When chasing a felon (suspected felon of this type) deadly force is authorized.
The alternative is that in some cases potential killers gets to escape.
Sorry, my opinion the officer acted correctly given what is known.