The death of an African-American man who was wounded by dozens of police bullets in Akron, Ohio, sparked angry protests Friday, July 1, 2022, in the city near Cleveland in the northern United States.
Gilland Walker, 25, died while fleeing from police after they tried to arrest him for a traffic violation after city police said he shot officers as they chased him.
Police did not release details of the shooting, but local media said eight policemen fired more than 90 rounds at the fleeing young man, the Independent newspaper reported, citing AFP.
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8 Akron Ohio police officers fired 90 rounds at him and hit him 60 times all over his body.
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The police pulled him over for a traffic violation.He was 25 years old.
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— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) June 30, 2022
In justifying this incident, the police said: The actions of the suspect caused the police officers to kill him by evaluating the “deadly threat in his actions” and firing their weapons, and the police also announced that a weapon was discovered in the car abandoned by the police. . Runaway driver
The police officers involved in the murder of this young man were placed under administrative detention until the end of the judicial investigation.
The Black Lives Matter organization announced on Twitter that the young man had been wounded 60 times.
Walker’s family demanded an explanation from authorities and called at a press conference for angry protests to continue peacefully, as demonstrators began Wednesday outside the city hall and police station in Akron, the hometown of American basketball star LeBron James. They gathered. .
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