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WATCH: Officer in Gun Battle Asks Civilians to Call Police 11 Jun 2021 An officer in San Antonio, Texas, asked civilians to call 911 for police backup after his hand was shot and his radio destroyed in a gun battle on the side of the road. The incident occurred on April 16, 2021, but the bodycam video was just released. News4SanAntonio reported that Officer Tyler Sauvage pulled over a pickup being driven by 33-year-old Sammie Joe Barbosa. The front-seat passenger, 25-year-old Alex Anthony Garcia, allegedly opened fire on the officer during the stop. During playback of the bodycam footage, police ascertained that “an occupant in the vehicle was told to give the handgun to Garcia” while Sauvage was talking to Barbosa. ....
Such incidents are again drawing protest after two violent episodes following traffic stops. In suburban Minneapolis, not far from where George Floyd was killed in a police encounter, a veteran cop recently killed a 20-year-old Black man, Daunte Wright, after he was stopped for expired registration tags. (Wright’s mother told reporters that when she talked to her son moments before he was shot, he said police raised concern about an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror.) In Virginia, a Black and Latino Army officer sued after he was pepper spraying, struck and handcuffed after being pulled over for not having a permanent license plate on his new SUV. ....