The family of a Black man killed by police during a supermarket shooting in upstate New York is demanding justice after authorities released footage Wednesday of the tragedy.
Police in Rochester, New York have repeatedly come under fire in the past year over episodes, particularly involving African-Americans, that raised questions about their use of force.
In the first video, an officer enters the grocery store, draws his weapon and asks Gordon to take his hands out of his pockets. The officer approaches and repeats the order. Rochester police had released a captioned version of the videos Tuesday, saying that Gordon had been armed and fired the first shot.
The family's lawyer, Yousef Taha, told AFP that the videos' release "leaves us with more questions than answers.""We call upon the Attorney General's Office to conduct a complete and transparent investigation into his death," Taha said. "We will continue to seek justice for Simran and his family."In March, body-cam video showed Rochester officers forcing a Black woman, holding her three-year-old daughter, to the ground and pepper-spraying her.
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