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The family of a young Bay Area rapper who was killed when police officers opened fire after he had fallen asleep in his car is demanding the release of police bodycam footage and questioning whether deadly force was justified.
Police in Vallejo, California, said in a news release that six officers shot "multiple rounds" at Willie McCoy, 20, in the span of four seconds during an incident Saturday night in a Taco Bell parking lot. It's unclear how many bullets struck McCoy, but his family said they believe at least 20 may have hit his car based on the number of holes that witnesses counted at the scene.
"It seems like an execution," McCoy's cousin and manager, David Harrison, said Wednesday. "It looks like my baby cousin was executed by a firing squad."
The Vallejo Police Department said it is working with the Solano County District Attorney's Office to investigate the shooting the latest in a department that in recent years has been criticized for excessive use of force and the subject of civil rights complaints.
In a statement, Vallejo Police Chief Andrew Bidou said a review of the shooting is in its early stages, although "any loss of life is a tragedy." The department did not identify McCoy in its statement.
Officials also declined further comment about any plans to release video from the incident and questions regarding police protocol. The department's police union did not immediately respond to an email Wednesday.
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Bettie
(16,151 posts)OH wait, I get it...sleeping black man: deadly threat, eliminate immediately.
White dude actually shooting people: we can work with that, try and get him to surrender.
This must stop.
Shocking social experiment shows police reacting calmly to a white man legally carrying an assault rifle down the street - but they immediately pull their guns to a black man doing the same thing
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)If the guy was asleep, then why shoot at him
Makes no sense
Mariana
(14,863 posts)You can just imagine the cops' terror.
MagickMuffin
(15,981 posts)Just recently in Dallas, TX police were trying to arrest a drunk man. The man bit off part of a sergeant's ear and sent him to the hospital. However, I guess they never feared for their lives because the drunk was white.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,117 posts)He was guilty of being BLACK in Murica.