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In the state of Ohio in the United States, a fatal police operation against an unarmed African American took place again. It is not clear why the police officer fired.
8:38 am, December 25, 2020
In the US there is another fatal police operation against an unarmed African American for the horror. On Thursday, body camera footage from an official showed Andre Maurice Hill, 47, in the garage of a home in Columbus, Ohio. kills by multiple shots. Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther was “outraged” by the incident. An African American man had been shot and killed by police in the city three weeks earlier. Once again, police officers saw a black man and concluded “that he is a criminal and dangerous,” attorney Ben Crump, who represents several families of victims of police violence, said of Hill’s death.
The footage shows Hill approaching the police officer Monday night. He has a cell phone in his left hand, his right hand is not seen. Seconds later, the officer fires and Hill collapses. The police officer had been called to the scene for a minor incident. According to media reports, it was about a man who was sitting in a car and was repeatedly turning it on and off.
New sad chapter
It is not clear why the police officer fired. The video has no sound. Hill didn’t carry a gun. According to local media, complaints about the disproportionate use of force against the police officer are said to have been received. In early December, Casey Goodson Jr., 23, was shot by a police officer in Columbus. when he returned home. According to his family, he was holding a sandwich that the officer believed was a firearm.
Last year there were in the US. Month-long national protests against excessive violence and racism. The demonstrations were sparked by the death of the unarmed African American. George Floyd during a police operation in late May in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Apart from the mostly peaceful protests, there were repeated riots.
