7 protesters seeking release of Knoxville school shooting video arrested [View all]

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by Associated Press Wednesday, April 21st 2021




KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Seven protesters demanding the release of police body camera video of a student's fatal shooting at a Tennessee high school have been arrested.

News outlets reported those charged with disrupting the meeting were among dozens of demonstrators who filed into a Knox County Commission meeting Monday. Most remained silent, but some were vocal in calling for authorities to release video from a shooting that killed 17-year-old Anthony J. Thompson Jr.

District Attorney Charme Allen has said releasing the video could damage the investigation into the shooting. On Tuesday, the Knoxville branch of the NAACP also joined the growing call to release the footage................

Read more: https://wcyb.com/news/local/protesters-seeking-release-of-knoxville-school-shooting-video-arrested

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This shooting has not been on the radar too much and I am sorry to say I had heard about it but did not follow it.

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Edit to add nyt. story:


Tennessee Student Killed by Police Did Not Fire Bullet That Hit Officer, Officials Say


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/us/knoxville-school-shooting-anthony-thompson.html



Anthony J. Thompson Jr., 17, a student at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn., was fatally shot during a struggle, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.

Felicia Outsey, right, led a group in prayer in front of Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn., on Tuesday.Credit...Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel, via Associated Press

April 14, 2021

A student who was fatally shot during a confrontation with the police on Monday at a Knoxville, Tenn., high school did not fire the bullet that struck an officer who was wounded, the authorities said on Wednesday.

The disclosure by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation contradicted its earlier statements that the police officer had been shot by the student at Austin-East Magnet High School.

The bureau said on Wednesday that the student’s gun had been fired in a struggle with officers. “Preliminary examinations indicate the bullet that struck the KPD officer was not fired from the student’s handgun,” the bureau said in a statement.

Investigators declined to say whether the bullet that struck the officer in the leg had come from his own gun or from another officer’s weapon.

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Knoxville police and first responders at the scene following a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn., Monday, April 12, 2021. (Image: Knoxville Police Department)