Police Involved in The Fatal Shooting of a Black Teenager Feels "Legally Justified" as Body Camera Footage of Tennessee School Shooting Is Released – Your Black World : vimarsana.com
By Victor Omondi After the public mounted pressure on authorities to release the bodycam footage of the April 12 police shooting of a 17-year-old student at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, the video was finally released after a nine-day investigation was carried out by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen announced on April 21 that the police involved in the fatal shooting of the teenager was justified. “This is a self-defense case,” Allen said during a news conference. On that fateful day, teenager Anthony Thompson Jr. and his girlfriend, Alexus Page, who study at the same school, had reportedly engaged in a physical fight.