Nashville police defended the white officer seen shooting a fleeing Black man in the back on a video released Wednesday (Aug. 8), as the Black community demanded justice.
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James Smallwood, president of the Nashville Fraternal Order of Police, argued Wednesday at a press conference that the video doesn’t “paint a complete image of what occurred that day,” the Tennessean reported.
He underscored the police report that said Daniel Hambrick had a gun when Officer Andrew Delke shot him on July 26, adding that Delke made an “absolutely necessary and reasonable” snap decision.
Meanwhile, after viewing the same video, community members met Wednesday night at the Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church and demanded an immediate shakeup of the police department.
“I think [Police Chief Steve] Anderson needs to resign or the mayor needs to let him go,” the Rev. James Turner II said.
Delke approached the vehicle Hambrick was in, believing that it was the same car he saw earlier that day driving erratically, according to police investigators. Hambrick, 25, and two others fled from the officer.
Surveillance video, released by the prosecutor, shows 25-year-old Delke chasing Hambrick. The officer opens fire on Hambrick, who does not appear to turn toward Delke. After firing multiple times, the officer circles the dying man while continuing to point his weapon at him.
While the police alleged that Hambrick had a gun, the video does not appear to show him carrying a weapon. Hambrick’s family wants the officer charged.
“The police officer fired four times, three of those bullets ripped Daniel apart. He fell to the ground, where he was cuffed and left, left there like a dog. Worse than a dog,” said Jo Kimbrough, attorney for the Hambrick’s family.
“I’m a criminal defense attorney. If there is ever a case of premeditated first degree murder, this is it,” the lawyer continued.
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47 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
47 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
1. Botham Shem Jean, 26
1 of 472. Antwon Rose Jr., 17
2 of 473. Robert Lawrence White, 41
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5. Ramarley Graham, 18
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6. Manuel Loggins Jr., 31
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7. Trayvon Martin, 17
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8. Wendell Allen, 20
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9. Kendrec McDade, 19
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10. Larry Jackson Jr., 32
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11. Jonathan Ferrell, 24
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12. Jordan Baker, 26
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15. Eric Garner, 43
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17. Michael Brown, 18
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18. Ezell Ford, 25
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19. Dante Parker, 36
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20. Kajieme Powell, 25
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21. Laquan McDonald, 17
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22. Akai Gurley, 28
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23. Tamir Rice, 12
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24. Rumain Brisbon, 34
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26. Charly Keunang, 43
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27. Tony Robinson, 19
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28. Walter Scott, 50
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29. Freddie Gray, 25
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31. Samuel DuBose, 43
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32. Christian Taylor, 19
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34. Mario Woods, 26
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35. Quintonio LeGrier, 19
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36. Gregory Gunn, 58
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37. Akiel Denkins, 24
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38. Alton Sterling, 37
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UPDATED: 11:14 a.m. EDT, Sept. 11, 2018 -- The troubling trend of police killing unarmed Black people has shown no signs of letting up, with the latest instance in Dallas reimagining what a police shooting can be. Off-duty Dallas police officer Amber Guyger shot and killed Botham Shem Jean after she entered his apartment Thursday, Sept. 6. Guyger's story has changed multiple times in less than a week since the shooting, and it would appear that the so-called blue wall was trying to protect her. Jean's shooting came after a string of other controversial police shootings across the country, with many of them including officers who shot fleeing, unarmed suspects in their backs. Take a look below at the growing gallery of unarmed Black men and boys who have been shot and killed by police.
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