“Three officers unloaded a volley of 17 bullets at Antonio Zambrano-Montes, of which “five to six” struck the unarmed Mexican national during a fatal encounter with police in Pasco, Washington, the police unit investigating his death has revealed.
Zambrano-Montes was killed on the evening of 10 February at a busy intersection in the majority Hispanic city. Video footage of the incident, uploaded to YouTube and viewed more than a million times, shows Zambrano-Montes running away from three officers, at one point raising his arms, before he turns to them and is gunned down.
Pasco police say the 35-year-old had been throwing rocks at traffic and at officers who were responding to a 911 call and had attempted to subdue Zambrano-Montes with a Taser. The Special Investigative Unit, comprising 15 officers from neighbouring police jurisdictions, said in a statement on Wednesday that none of the bullets struck Zambrano-Montes from behind but added that a medical examiner’s report was not yet complete and could take a further four weeks.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur & John Iadarola break it down.
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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/25/police-officers-fired-17-times-antonio-zambrano-montes-unarmed-mexican-man-washington
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