Over the weekend protest have erupted in Chicago after a black man was shot by the police. What they fail to mention is this man was armed and reached for his weapon. And as you can expect before gathering any facts protestors took to the streets demanding justice for the man shot. The video highlights just one of many dangers that our nations LEOs face daily.
Saturday’s fatal police involved shooting that sparked violent protests in Chicago was captured on police body camera which shows the man who was killed was armed with a handgun.
BREAKING: Another image from CPD body cam video from Saturday’s deadly shooting. This is of the man who was shot, Harith Augustus https://t.co/V45iuP0Kkl pic.twitter.com/EUJPg4nSxv
— FOX 32 News (@fox32news) July 15, 2018
Harith Augustus, 37, was identified as the man who was shot by police by the Medical Examiner’s office, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The video, released Sunday by the Chicago Police Department — much earlier than expected — shows Augustus clearly had a gun holstered, as well as an additional magazine.
The video, which lacks sound, shows four officers approaching Augustus on Saturday outside a store on the city’s South Side. An officer points to Augustus’ waist and he backs away. Three officers try to grab his arms and he tries to get away, backing into a police cruiser as his shirt flies up, showing the gun.
The footage pauses and zooms in on the weapon, which police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi on Sunday said was done to ensure a semi-automatic handgun in its holster and two bullet magazines tucked into Augustus’ waist could be seen clearly.
Augustus then runs away and into the street as a police SUV drives up. He spins and darts between the SUV and the police cruiser as he reaches toward his waist.
The father to a five-year-old, Augustus, also known as Snoop the Barber, worked in a barbershop nearby where he was shot Saturday.
In the interest of transparency & to dispel inaccurate information, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson has ordered the early release of body-worn camera video in yesterday’s officer-Involved shooting,’ Guglielmi said in a statement on Twitter.
Johnson said it’s the quickest he has ever ordered such video released and that he hoped the 30-second video would dispel rumors that Augustus was unarmed and prevent another violent confrontation between residents and officers.
The community needs some answers and they need them now,’ Johnson told reporters Sunday. ‘We can’t have another night like last night.’
He said Augustus’ family was…