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SAN ANTONIO - A second witness to a fatal shooting involving Bexar County sheriff's deputies Friday said the suspect did not pose a threat to the deputies when he was shot.
The witness, who asked to remain nameless, was inside his car near the intersection of Cross Mountain Trail and Walnut Pass when Bexar County Sheriff's deputies Greg Vasquez and Robert Sanchez approached 41-year-old Gilbert Flores.
"I could see everything. The guy was holding a chair then threw the chair down on the ground. He had no top on, no shirt. [The deputy] had a hand on the shield and one on the gun, and they were slowly coming in on the guy," the witness said.
The witness said from his vantage point Flores appeared to be unarmed and was not posing a threat to the deputies.
"There's no weapon from that point, because I saw him throw the chair down, walk over to the deputies," he said. "He wasn't threatening anybody."
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
The first question I would ask is why weren't these cops wearing body cameras?
I've been watching that show on National Geographic 'Southern Justice' and whenever the police are called out to a disturbance they put on camera glasses, so everything is recorded from the cops perspective. But it seems when a documentary crew isn't there, the police never feel the need to follow this protocol. Why is that?
Secondly, why did they even have there guns pulled on this man? Why didn't they attempt to subdue him with a taser or pepper spray?
A second video has emerged that offers “more clarity” about the fatal police shooting of a suspect in Texas who appeared to put his hands up before being killed, the local district attorney told NBC News on Wednesday.
“It’s a better angle and much closer. It brings more clarity to the situation,” he said, declining to provide further detail on the content of the video.
originally posted by: WeRpeons
In defense of the police, many criminals escalate the situation and refuse to follow a simple order to submit. Police are armed, why would anyone in their right mind run, argue or refuse to submit? Considering how unarmed suspects are being shot by police, it should be a wake-up call to anyone dealing with police. We can record police with cell phones and now more and more police are wearing body cameras. It's better to fight abuse of power in a court of law rather than risking your life at the hands of a trigger happy police officer!
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
The first question I would ask is why weren't these cops wearing body cameras?