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.
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.
The police are absolutely at fault for, you know, shooting an 11 year old who was complying with police orders.
It doesn’t matter who called the police or where the parents were or what they were doing, the police shot an 11 year old who was attempting to do what the police were telling him to do.
This stems from a lot of different things, but my expectation would be this was the #1 component:
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/03/black-boys-older
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/03/cops-tend-to-see-black-kids-as-less-innocent-than-white-kids/383247/