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unhappycamper

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Mon Sep 15, 2014, 06:19 AM Sep 2014

Utah man accused of attacking police with samurai sword was shot in the back: autopsy

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/blog/2014/09/14/utah-man-accused-of-attacking-police-with-samurai-sword-was-shot-in-the-back-autopsy/



Utah man accused of attacking police with samurai sword was shot in the back: autopsy
Tom Boggioni
14 Sep 2014

An African-American man, shot to death by Utah police who claimed he attacked them with a samurai sword, was shot in the back, according to an independent autopsy requested by the man’s family.

22-year-old Darrien Hunt, was shot and killed by police while walking around with the souvenir martial arts weapon outside a convenience store in Saratoga Springs, Utah, last Wednesday.

According to the Associated Press, the autopsy concluded that Hunt was shot “numerous times, all from the rear.”

“This is consistent with statements made by witnesses on the scene, who report that Darrien was shot to death while running away from police,” family attorney Randall Edwards said in a statement. “It would appear difficult, if not impossible, to reconcile these facts with a story that Darrien was lunging toward the officers when he was shot.”
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Utah man accused of attacking police with samurai sword was shot in the back: autopsy (Original Post) unhappycamper Sep 2014 OP
Sadly, here we go again. This must STOP. williesgirl Sep 2014 #1
So much for Open Carry n/t PeoViejo Sep 2014 #2
open carry is for white people only. Heather MC Sep 2014 #4
I find it increasingly difficult to believe anything the police tell us. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #3
Looks like more cops should be going to jail. CaptainTruth Sep 2014 #5
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