Akron Mayor Shammas Malik said Friday the city will conduct an extensive review of use-of-force involving police officers, a move that comes a week after a patrolman shot and killed a 15-year-old.
A body-camera video shows an Akron police officer pulling a gun from Jazmir Tucker's jacket pocket after a police shooting Thanksgiving night.CLEVELAND, Ohio – that showed the death of Jazmir Tucker, who was killed on Thanksgiving. The footage indicated that the youth had a gun and an extended magazine in a coat pocket, which was zipped up.He stressed the need for the use-of-force review, saying it would focus on the department’s policies and practices, as well as its culture.
The video showed two patrol officers running late Thanksgiving night in the glare of headlights and one of them firing, but it does not indicate whatThe shooting took place at East Avenue and Vernon Odom Boulevard shortly after 11 p.m. Police said two officers were in their patrol car working on a report from a prior incident when they heard gunshots. When they went to investigate, they came upon Tucker.
They operate in what is called a buffering mode, which captures video until the officers activate the devices. Once that happens, the cameras pick up audio and video, the officials said. The officer who shot Tucker was with the department for nearly five years, while his partner had been with the force for about a year.
He said the officers made a split-second decision, and Malik was criticizing them for it after the fact. He said the union stands behind the patrolmen, stressing that the video shows just a part of what took place.
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