A black man was shot dead overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday by police near San Diego. Protesters accuse the police of once again using excessive force. The man held in his hand " an electronic cigarette"
In the United States, hardly a week goes by without a black man being shot by police. Alfred Olango was killed in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in El Cajon, after the police received a call describing a man with erratic behavior in the middle of the road traffic. According to local police chief Jeff Davis, Alfred Olango ignored officers' instructions asking him to remove a hand from his pocket. One of them used a Taser that sends out electric shocks while another fired with his gun.
« At one point, the subject quickly pulled an object out of the front pocket of his trousers, joined his hands and quickly strained them towards the officers, taking what looked like a shooting position“, Explained Jeff Davis in a press release.
Police later clarified on Wednesday evening that the object released by Alfred Olango was "an electronic cigarette". " The inhaler was a silver cylinder "That Alfred Olango held in his hands and that he" pointing to an agent“, Specified the local police.
Source : Tempsreel.nouvelobs.com
