Patrick Harmon, Aug. 13, 2017. That is the date police officers shot and killed him as he fled arrest after being stopped for having a missing red taillight on his bicycle.
And, it took place in Salt Lake City, no less.
Watch the video. See him bolt and get away as officers begin to cuff him. Hear what sounds like an officer saying, "I'll f------ shoot you," immediately before the man is shot as he runs away. Observe no weapon. Although officers contend he had shouted, "I'll cut you," that isn't found on the video. Plus that would be out of character for a man to yell backwards as he fled away.
Nor does a knife appear evident on the ground as the officers approach the body and handcuff him. Nor does it show them picking up a knife. Nor, as they roll his body over, searching him, does the video show officers removing a knife.
Listen as an officer says, "Find out where he's hit." Or, is that what the officer is saying?
Murder, or was it justified?
Patrick Harmon, Black. The FBI was among those who reviewed the case and then the district attorney's office cleared the police of wrongdoing.
Watching the video, my heart goes out to him. I feel somber. I wonder how anyone could justify such a killing.
(Blog rewritten 6/19/20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnnEiWDrnxo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2WTlyaUmTc
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