The body camera footage of the Aug. 13 shooting of Eddie Irizarry has not yet been released to the public, but his family has been allowed to watch it according to the family attorney.
"We need effective public safety," Will Gonzalez, Executive Director of Ceiba, said."This incident, plus its aftermath, has made it difficult.""What training are we giving to police officers that obviously doesn't work? Cortés said."Who's passing judgment on the training?"
Rev. Cortés also demanded accountability from police and said the community deserves to know where the original story of Irizarry getting out of his car and lunging at police came from."We're upset because Commissioner [Danielle] Outlaw used the word misinformation, our community does not use the word misinformation," Cortés said."We want to use the word conspiracy.
Family and community members protested Thursday outside the 24th Police District. Family members stressed while they want their voices heard, they want it to be done peacefully. "We just want peace. That's all we want," Garcia said."We don't want no one out here tearing our stuff apart." Police still have not released the body camera footage of the Aug. 13 fatal shooting on Willard Street in Kensington -🚨BREAKING: Attorney for family of Eddie Irizarry tells me family has viewed the body camera video of the Philly Police shooting. Says DA made every assurance to the family the video will be released publicly within the next 2 weeks.
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