“Officers’ actions were justified in the fatal shooting of a man holding an air rifle inside an Ohio Wal-Mart store, a grand jury determined Wednesday — using surveillance video the slain man’s family said shows the shooting was completely unjustified.
The Greene County grand jury opted not to issue any indictments in the Aug. 5 death of 22-year-old John Crawford III inside a Wal-Mart in Beavercreek, Special Prosecutor Mark Piepmeier said.
A 911 caller reported Crawford was waving what appeared to be a rifle in the store. Police said he was killed after failing to obey commands to put down what turned out to be an air rifle taken from a shelf.”* Reporting from Dublin, Ireland The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Lisa Cornwell / The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/24/john-crawford-iii_n_5876574.html
Comments
very dead but at least it was an “honest” killing like the homeless man in NM or the black guys in just about all fifty states. oh wait an indictment in South Carolina for a failed attempt at an honest killing? Cops need more training or they’ll be going to jail for failing to kill their victims.