Fresno, CA — On September 3, 2015 at approximately 11:00 a.m., Fresno Police Officers, Zebulon Price and Felipe Miguel Lucero shot 40-year-old Freddy Centeno seven times causing severe injuries. Mr. Centeno was unarmed, was wearing shorts, no shirt on, and walking along the street when he was approached by Fresno Police who immediately started shooting2
Freddy Centeno would not recover from the multiple wounds suffered at the hands of these two Fresno cops
Sourced through Scoop.it from: thefreethoughtproject.com
This is why #DisarmCops
Interpretive commentary in this post completely ignores the fact that calls had come in to 911 about this individual saying he had a gun. He can be seen in the video reaching with his right hand to the back of his shorts and pulls something out of the back of his shorts that appears to be a weapon. The object pulled clearly held in a closed hand is narrow – like a semi-automatic pistol, and extends out from his hand – like a semi-automatic pistol. He ignored calls (unfortunately probably due to his mental illness – unknown to the officers) to get on the ground prior to reaching for what he was ultimately holding when he was shot. Unfortunate result, but not an execution, not murder, a justifiable homicide.
Notice this, Black and Latino people will get shot 7 times or more by the police and not be given aid. White people will get shot once or twice and then given aid and survive.