Derec
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Police, demonstrators clash at Andrew Loku protest, while victim’s uncle calls for video
A hammer-wielding man who apparently had psychiatric problems got shot by police, and since he was from Sudan, #BLMers can't see past his skin color and are protesting.
P.S.: It says he was father of five. Why do women love to go for the loco ones?
A hammer-wielding man who apparently had psychiatric problems got shot by police, and since he was from Sudan, #BLMers can't see past his skin color and are protesting.
The case seems pretty open and shut though.Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, the civilian watchdog that probes deaths involving police, announced Friday that the unnamed officer who shot Loku last July had used justifiable force against Loku.
The SIU ruling prompted demonstrations by Black Lives Matter protesters outside city hall and police headquarters downtown beginning Sunday and throughout the day Monday. The protest at police headquarters became the scene of a confrontation in the evening, as officers pushed their way past demonstrators to extinguish their fire and dismantle their tents.
A summary of the SIU investigation released by the watchdog says police were called around midnight July 5, 2015, after receiving a 911 call stating Loku was inside a neighbour’s apartment, armed with a hammer and threatening to kill the tenant. Two officers arrived on scene, drew their weapons and ordered Loku to stop and drop the hammer.
According to the SIU news release, Loku did not follow the commands, walked toward officers and said: “What you gonna do? Come on, shoot me.” As he advanced toward the two officers, one of them shot Loku twice in the chest.
“Confronted with an armed and violent suspect who had neared to within three metres or less and was refusing to stop, I am satisfied that the subject officer fired his weapon believing it to be necessary to thwart an imminent hammer attack,” SIU director Tony Loparco said in a statement.
P.S.: It says he was father of five. Why do women love to go for the loco ones?
