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发帖数: 2680 | 1 Two Houston police officers fatally shot an African-American man who pointed
a gun at them despite their commands that he lower his weapon, authorities
said on Saturday, two days after five Dallas policemen were slain by a black
military veteran.
The two Houston officers, both Hispanic, encountered a man standing in the
middle of a street with a revolver around 12:40 a.m. while on a routine
patrol, police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said.
The officers exited their patrol vehicle to speak to the man, who initially
had the firearm pointed to the sky. The officers ordered him to lower the
weapon, Silva said.
"He instead deliberately and slowly lowers his arm and allows it to come to
a stop at his waist," Silva said. "Now the gun is pointed directly at
officers."
Fearing for their safety and for nearby witnesses, both officers discharged
their weapons, striking the man, she said. The man's motive remains unknown.
The suspect, who did not fire his gun, died at the scene. His identity was
not immediately released.
The incident unfolded after police came under fire in at least three states
on Thursday and Friday, as protests over police use of force against black
people escalated around the country.
A police officer in Ballwin, Missouri, remained in critical condition on
Saturday, a day after he was shot during a traffic stop, St. Louis County
Police said on Twitter.
In Georgia, an officer was ambushed and shot on Friday, and in Tennessee a
man grazed a police officer with a bullet on Thursday when he opened fire on
a hotel and a highway, killing a woman and wounded several others.
Authorities were not sure what prompted the shootings. In the Dallas rampage
on Thursday, a black U.S. military veteran who opened fire at a protest
said he wanted to "kill white people," killing five police officers and
wounding seven others plus two civilians. The protest was organized to decry
police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota earlier this week.
In Houston, the officers were placed on administrative duty for three days,
following standard procedure, Silva said. Both have a decade or longer of
experience with Houston police.
She said the department will investigate the incident, which will also be
probed by a local district attorney.
(This version of the story was refiled to fix headline.)
(Reporting by Letitia Stein in Tampa, Fla.; Editing by Leslie Adler)
老莫警察打死了老黑
少数族裔打死少数族裔，
算谁的？ |
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