A lawyer questions the speed of the shooting of Donovan Lewis, which appears in bodycam footage to happen within a second or less of Officer Ricky Anderson opening the door to a bedroom where Lewis slept.
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The city also approved a first-ever civilian review board. Elliott acknowledged these actions, but said it’s not enough.Elliott questioned on Thursday the speed of the shooting, whichto happen within a second or less of Officer Ricky Anderson opening the door to a bedroom where Lewis slept. Elliott made the point in criticizing suggestions by the police chief that Lewis had something in his hand when he was shot. No weapon was found.
Police took two other men in the apartment into custody without incident. A police dog was unleashed in the apartment during the search. In the bodycam footage, Anderson is seen after the shooting raising a hand in demonstration to another officer and saying Lewis lifted his hand “like this.” In such cases, “we are expressly forbidden from using 20/20 hindsight, because unlike all of us, officers are not afforded the luxury of armchair reflection when they are faced with rapidly evolving, volatile encounters in dangerous situations,” Collins said.
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