After arriving at the Murry family home, police instructed everyone inside to come out with their hands up. Nakala Murry says that’s when Aderrien emerged from around a corner, running toward the door. Capers then opened fire.

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    7 months ago

    How did the USA get itself into this kind of situation where police routine just shoot innocent people as an ‘appropriate level of response’ since they don’t know ‘who is hot’? These stories come up all the time. Police get spooked by something, and people get killed because of it. Sometimes its an acorn; sometimes it’s someone walking too fast wearing a hoodie; sometimes it’s someone who closed their car window ‘suspiciously’; and very often, the thing that makes the cops freak out and murder someone is just the sight of the person who requested help.