Autopsy: Cops Shot Black Anime Cosplayer Four Times In The Back
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A state autopsy confirmed that police shot Darrien Hunt, a 22-year-old black man who was carrying a replica samurai sword as part of an anime costume, six times. Four of those shots hit him from behind.
The fatal shooting occurred Sept. 10 outside a strip mall in Saratoga Springs, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The official story is that Hunt charged at two officers with the sword, and one of them fired three times. Police fired four more shots as Hunt ran away from them.
Hunt's family disputes that he attacked the cops, and they say the 2 1/2-foot sword, which did not have a sharp edge, was bought at a gift shop and was purely decorative. Hunt, who left behind notebooks full of manga-style drawings, was wearing a red top and blue pants at the time of his death. He was apparently dressed as Mugen from Samurai Champloo.
According to Hunt's aunt, a bystander reported Hunt "had his earbuds in, and was kind of doing spins and stuff, like pretending he's a samurai."
The family's lawyer, Robert Sykes, points to gunshot trajectories that, according to the Utah County Attorney's Office, indicate that Hunt was turning away when he was hit.
"I think that means they were pursuing him, he was running away. He was probably scared to death," said Sykes, according to the AP.
Sykes also said a witness had taken a photo that showed Hunt smiling as he talked to Cpl. Matthew Schauerhamer and Officer Nicholas Judson just before they fatally shot him.
The County Attorney's Office confirmed that when the officers showed up to respond to a 911 call about a man with a sword, Hunt asked them for a ride.
The county's investigation into whether the shooting was legally justified is expected to wrap up by next week.
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Fucc cops
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? ass cops.
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Damn a ? can't even pretend to be a samurai these days?!
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Another reason for black men to hate cops. On another note, Samurai Champloo was my ? . And Mugen was a beast.
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well maybe if unintelligent blacks weren't teasing him or something like that...
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Sorry to hear that.
And i didn't watch Samurai Shamploo but did bump the soundtracks. Force of Nature, Nujabes (R.I.P), and Fat Jon. Should give them a listen if you never heard them -
He would still be alive todayif he had dressed up as Ash Ketchum.
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^Sleepwalking in Japan???
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I just posted about wearing a grim reaper costume. A ? would've had to buy a scythe from somewhere.
Can't do ? out here, bruh. -
The countless stories I've read about crackers having chainsaws, machetes, handguns, rifles and swords and being "talked down" by the police....and then they murder us unarmed or with ? pieces of paper in our hands (they imght get a paper cut)...
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Instead of pouring out some liquor, I'll drop this.
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mugen wouldve dodged those bullets
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Mugen was that ? , too bad his ass couldn't read smh
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Black_Samson wrote: »Ajax somewhere mad as ? that even he is considered big and scary
Wait what?! I know I'm feared as a black man. I don't try to be that safe ? ? . Don't mix me up a talented ? -
His murder was ruled as justified by prosecuters...This needs to be stopped.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/03/darrien-hunt-shooting-jus_n_6097096.html -
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Word, they keep saying the was in a hurry to shoot him because he lunged, and yet all the bullets hit him from the back.
Someone with their back turned and running must be very dangerous. -
cmon man this some ? ?
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That's ? up yo.
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TUE NOV 04, 2014 AT 09:59 AM PST
Proof the police have told two huge lies in the shooting death of Darrien Hunt
by Shaun King
On September 10, 22-year-old Darrien Hunt was shot six times in the back and killed by two police officers in Saratoga Springs, Utah. New evidence proves that police have told at least two huge lies (and maybe another) in their attempt to justify the shooting. What follows is an account of those lies.
Lie #1: As the first officer exited his vehicle, Darrien Hunt lunged at him with his sword.
Detectives and medical examiners are consistently among the first officials on the scene of a police-involved shooting death. Their initial reports are particularly valuable because they regularly have the earliest documented statements from the officers involved in the shooting. As late as six days after the shooting death of Darrien Hunt, the police admitted that they had not even interviewed the officers involved yet, giving them ample time to prepare their stories. Similarly, the earliest known statement we have about the shooting death of Missouri teenager Mike Brown on August 9 in Ferguson came from a detective and was included in the autopsy report. It is inconsistent with later stories purported to be from Officer Darren Wilson.
In the newly released autopsy report in the shooting death of Darrien Hunt, it states the earliest known account of the police perspective as follows:
The first officer exited his vehicle and the subject charged him swinging the sword. Three shots were fired (at Hunt) upon the initial contact.
This photo alone, taken by bystander Jocelyn Hansen, contradicts that story and proves that both officers had exited their vehicle and were talking to Hunt.
Lie #2. Police claimed Hunt took acid and was on drugs but his toxicology report came back negative for all drugs and alcohol.
In apparent attempt to smear Hunt, police made a strange and absurd claim in their report, which states the following: "(Hunt) apparently liked hallucinogens and had taken acid approximately three weeks (prior to the shooting)."
However, when the state toxicology report came back, it proved that Hunt was not under the influence of any drugs whatsoever—making the police statement about Hunt being on drugs seem like an absurd attempt to justify the shooting.
Potential Lie #3. Witness Leonard Zogg says police have deliberately misrepresented what he said he saw on September 10.
In the earliest police report from the day Hunt was killed, Leonard Zogg is quoted as saying he saw Hunt lunge at the officers and swing his sword at them. Zogg emphatically denies ever seeing any such thing and states that he never stated anything of the sort. Zogg also states that he told detectives that the police began shooting at Hunt after he started running away, but that the report states Zogg told them Hunt ran away after he was fired upon. While it is nearly impossible to confirm what Zogg did or did not tell the police originally, his public avowal that he has been misrepresented, when considered alongside these two other lies, is highly concerning.
These cases of police inconsistencies are troubling at best and must be investigated.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/04/1341612/-Proof-the-police-have-told-two-huge-lies-in-the-shooting-death-of-Darrien-Hunt -
Race Soldiers.
The ? been infiltrated police departments and incidents like this are the results.
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He jumped at you when you had guns and all he had was a toy sword? Get the ? out of here, I don't know how someone could believe that story.
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