A black teenager whose death sparked an outcry in his Colorado hometown was running from police officers when he was shot four times, according to body camera footage and an autopsy report released Thursday.
The bodycam footage from the Colorado Springs Police Department shows De'Von Bailey, 19, running from two officers who were questioning him and another man about a reported robbery before being shot three times in the back and once in the back of his arm.
Bailey's family was "devastated" after seeing the "wholly unjustified killing of their family member," the family's attorneys said in a statement. The teen's family and friends had rallied this week in front of the city's police headquarters, demanding an independent investigation into his Aug. 3 death.
Colorado Springs police did not release a statement on Thursday.
In the graphic video footage from one of the officer's body-warn cameras, Bailey is seen with another individual, identified by CPR News in Colorado as his 19-year-old cousin, Lawrence Stoker.
Link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/devon-baileys-family-calls-death-032549500.html
Replies to: "This kind of fuck up can't help the cause of Police in this nation."
- This kind of fuck up can't help the cause of Police in this nation. [LINK]
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- jimbasil - 12:56pm 8/16/19
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- Oh, I though Sting screwed up the lyrics to Roxanne. [NT]
- LehighND - 4:04pm 8/16/19
- Every Police song eventually just repeats the same phrase over and over and over - Chris94 - 5:12pm 8/16/19
- That's called a refrain. - NedoftheHill - 1:55pm 8/17/19
- Synchronicity II was a strong effort, IMO [LINK] - Iggle - 5:19pm 8/16/19
- Every Police song eventually just repeats the same phrase over and over and over - Chris94 - 5:12pm 8/16/19
- why don't we cure the cause? - und67 - 1:25pm 8/16/19
- Maybe we just need to give this public service announcement in every class. - NedoftheHill - 3:12pm 8/16/19
- That's funny. [NT] - jimbasil - 3:21pm 8/16/19
- You don't know his intent. - jimbasil - 2:24pm 8/16/19
- Maybe we just need to give this public service announcement in every class. - NedoftheHill - 3:12pm 8/16/19
- What in the world were you watching? - MAS - 1:14pm 8/16/19
- It's possible he was reaching for his weapon, I'll give them that. - jimbasil - 2:04pm 8/16/19
- Couple of things. - Frank L - 1:57pm 8/16/19
- The results are often pretty funny. I shot my share of old ladies. Even that though doesn’t really - Frank L - 2:03pm 8/16/19
- A delayed good shot is always better than a bad shot. Always. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:27am 8/17/19
- Responds to MAS. [NT] - Frank L - 2:03pm 8/16/19
- I'd love to have these armchair critics be put in simulations of these types of situations. [NT] - MAS - 1:58pm 8/16/19
- The results are often pretty funny. I shot my share of old ladies. Even that though doesn’t really - Frank L - 2:03pm 8/16/19
- Oh, I though Sting screwed up the lyrics to Roxanne. [NT]
- LehighND - 4:04pm 8/16/19