Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Cops Gone Wild Part 20: The How Could You Shoot Someone "Running Towards You Firing A Weapon" In The Back Edition

Early Sunday morning, two brothers were killed in front of a Brooklyn nightclub. Initially, news reports on the incident stated that the brothers' deaths were due to them being provokers in a shoot out with undercover police officers. The New York Daily News described the fracas with the following statements: "As the brothers kept running toward him, the cop started shooting...;" "As the siblings bore down on them, the cops returned fire and mortally wounded the two suspects...;" and, "The shootings appeared to be justified under department guidelines." However, the mourning mother of the deceased brothers, voiced a different theory to the Daily News.

The mother of the 22- and 21-year old young men stated that she believes her sons were bystanders, and the police department is "whitewashing the shootings." New emerging evidence, may substantiate her claims.

The city's medical examiner has released details on the brothers' fatal gunshot wounds. According to The New York Post, the ME has reported that: the 22 year old "was shot twice in the lower back," and the 21 year old "was shot once in the back of his left arm and a second time in the middle of his back with the bullet exiting his stomach."

The wounds that the young men suffered, is not consistent with the initial rendering of events. The obvious question that arises after reading the statements given by the medical examiner is, "How could you shoot someone running towards you in their back?"

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