22 year old Rekia Boyd shot dead by off-duty police officer in Chicago, cell phone supposedly mistaken for handgun
Friends, family and community members are outraged by the tragic, senseless death of 22 year-old Rekia Boyd, who was shot by an off-duty Chicago police officer near Douglas Park.
Around 1 am last Wednesday, an off-duty officer approached a group of people in his car and asked that they quiet down. One of the individuals, 39 year-old Anthony Cross, approached the officer. Thinking he was holding a gun, the officer open-fired, striking Cross in the hand and (inadvertently) Rekia Boyd in the head. Rekia died later that afternoon.
Initially, Chicago police called the incident “justifiable;” however no weapon was ever recovered from the scene. Cross says he was holding a cell phone, not a handgun.
(Source: mknmv)
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this happened last week. fingers crossed that it will get more media attention because it is insane.
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Whether it is or not has nothing to do with the fact that it’s fucked though.
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Chicago cops are known to be complete brutal assholes, they aren’t nice people and they’re pretty much complete idiots...
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