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BY Jason Silverstein / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS / Updated: Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 2:49 PM
An unarmed man who was shot and killed by an Arizona police officer in January cried, complied with police orders and begged for his life before the fatal firing, according to a newly released police report.
Mesa Police Officer Philip Brailsford has been charged with second-degree murder for the death of Daniel Shaver, a 26-year-old Texas man. Authorities have declined to release Brailsfords body cam footage from the deadly encounter.
But a report released Tuesday includes extensive description of the footage, detailing Shavers desperate final moments before Brailsford fired five shots at him with an AR-15 rifle.
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Brailsfords body cam shows Shaver appeared to making small jerking motions while he had his hands behind his back, according to the report.
An officer yelled at him, If you do that again, we are shooting you. Do you understand?
No, please dont shoot me, Shaver said
The cop
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Unreal!!
Ghost
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)he looked white, too.
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)and while this one is being charged, most arent.
I see the victim is white and the police-person is being charged.
How often are police-persons charged when the victim isnt white?
Am I looking at the right pictures?
brush
(53,778 posts)You know he was just itching to shoot somebody.
How do these sadistic bullies get to be cops with the power of life and death.
Wake up cop apologists, it's not just black people they're killing now. The police state is in full effect.
ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)...Also, mission-serving (Ecuador), Mesa Mormon boy...
grntuscarora
(1,249 posts)Holey mother of god!! "You're F---ed" etched on his rifle, and none of his co-workers or superiors thought that might indicate a problem???
The PD departments seem to be recruiting from the bottom of barrel in terms of mental health.
Festivito
(13,452 posts)Heeeeers Johnny
(423 posts)it was cold blooded murder.
Making it even more maddening, the POS in blue was stunned that he was even charged, claiming he did nothing wrong.
Rex
(65,616 posts)This is the wrong way to weed out the pigs from the cops. Should never come to this imo.
ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)Maybe not if the guy takes a plea deal.