http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/31/1417035/-Police-in-San-Antonio-shot-killed-man-who-had-his-hands-up-didn-t-know-they-were-being-filmed
This is the exact second before the man pictured is shot.
This past Friday, after a domestic dispute, police were called to a San Antonio home. When they arrived there, the police claim they confronted the man who was involved in the dispute, but that he resisted arrest.
We have no idea if this really happened, but what we do see is that same man, in his own front yard, peacefully surrendering to police with his hands up in the air. This much is a fact. From all indications, he appears to be unarmed, motionless, and nonviolent when, suddenly, he is shot and killed by county police.
That normally would've been case closed. The police would've told us that this man rushed them, or went for their gun, or something else, but a young black college student who heard the disturbance decided he had to film it.
"I was watching and wondering, what was going on, but I couldn't figure it out. I was like, with the things going on in the world, like different type of shootings with cops and different things like that, so I was like, 'Well, maybe I can catch something with my camera,'" Thomas said.
The video shows the deputies follow the man to the edge of the driveway.
"He kind of just put his hands in the air. After he put his hands in the air, they shot him," Thomas said.
In other words, this man was executed. The video below, which stops the second before the actual shooting, is worth watching to give you the visual context for what happened.
In another report, released before police knew the video existed, they claimed the man had a knife. If he did, it's hard to see it in this video and their early account doesn't really match what we see below.
These officers need to be fired and prosecuted immediately.
if there was ever cause for more cameras this is it the cops lying like a cheap rug not aware that they were on candid camera proceed to do the deed if you look at pic above there are dwellings they were unconcerned about eye witnesses could it be because the structure had their backs and they were looking for that proverbial paid vacation and the brass having their backs??????????????????
it is hard to dispute independent video evidence it trumps eye witness accounts and their is no way out, now with clear evidence once more of murder will we see the elusive conviction and incarceration???? i notice the article printed the witness first name why say a prayer for him his testimony will survive it's now archived and not just by police who might lose it by trial time. keep an eye out for that alien stranger JUSTICE.
