Source: CCTV news client
On December 30, 2020, a 19-year-old Asian youth with mental illness was shot dead by police in the northern pennsylvania region of the United States. Prosecutors later argued that the young man's gun was a threat to the safety of police personnel. But what is puzzling is that the last part of the released law enforcement video, that is, the footage of the police shooting, has been added to the blurring effect.
Recently, a number of US media have exposed law enforcement pictures without blurred special effects. It can be seen that the young man had been holding his hands up at that time and did not make any dangerous moves to the police, but he was still shot and killed by the police.
On the afternoon of December 30, 2020, Christian Hall, a 19-year-old Asian youth with mental illness, called the police that he wanted to commit suicide. When the police arrived, they intended to convince him. After discovering that he was in possession of a firearm, they ordered him to throw it away, but the police later opened fire on him.
In the previously released footage, the final footage of the police shooting was added to the blurring effect. Prosecutors argued that Hall's gun threatened police safety and that the police's shooting was "justified." Earlier, the police also said that Hall pointed a gun at the police.
However, from this newly exposed footage, it can be seen that Hall, although holding a gun, has raised his hands for 14 seconds, during which time there has been no dangerous action.
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After the latest video came to light, Hall's parents and lawyers both asked the local judiciary to conduct an "objective and impartial" investigation into the shooting and killing by the police.
Klempo and Jacob, lawyers who had been lawyers for Floyd's family, who had been crushed to death by white police officers, said the police should not shoot because everyone knew that raising their hands high meant surrendering to the police. Jacob said it was an illegal murder.
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