WSLS WSLS 10 At 6 PM February 29, 2016
Center received a call from a citizen reporting a black male with a bandana around his face was waving a gun and pointing it at cars. Taking a look at these pictures from patrol car video. It shows Kionte Spencer holding what turned out to be a bb gun in his right hand. Officers ordered spencer to drop the weapon. He refused and thats when two officers deployed their tasers. When that failed, shots were fired striking spencer in the collarbone and hip. I dont know at this point if this was a situation that could have been quote de escalated. This was a deadly force encounter despite the fact t...
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