Officials said Lowe – who had both of his legs amputated and used a wheelchair – was armed with a long butcher knife at the time of the shooting. His family said he was scared for his life and now, they're demanding justice.
A Los Angeles County police department is facing intense criticism this week after a video surfaced on social media of two officers fatally shooting a double amputee moving away from them.
legs, moving away with something shiny in his hands. according to the huntington park police, they are saying he had a knife in his hand. and so that is something that they keep speaking about in the one document that they ve put out here. you see them following along after him. it does appear that they do try to tase him and in their statement they did say that they did try to tase him twice. from the view that you can see twice on social media, it is absconded a bit. when you see the officers who are following behind him take out their weapons and then begin to shoot. you do not actually see anthony lowe getting shot. but, still, the way this looks of a double a.m.mputee moving a from police officers is really what has so many people concerned here, kasie. and that is why they re saying that they want justice for anthony lowe. i ve reached out to the police department to ask if there was b