This shocking video shows officers shooting a mentally ill blind man dead at a convenience store.
James Hall, 47, was surrounded by armed cops before being he was gunned down at the Chevron Station in Fontana, California.
Via Newyorkdaily
According to a police statement, at the time officers were responding to a 911 call reporting a possible robbery in progress and say that when they arrived they found Hall in front of the store armed with a knife, and holding a large rock in his other hand.
Moments later five police officers descend on the gas station, three armed with handguns, one brandishing a blunt impact projectile launcher and a fifth officer handling a trained police dog. The court papers said 20 officers were involved and one had an assault rifle.
In the terrifying footage, one of the officers is seen sending in the police dog before the whole team moves in and surrounds Hall, shooting him dead.
In the video Hall, who is the only person inside the store other than a clerk, does not appear to pose a threat to the officers or advance at them in any way.
Hall’s family is suing Fontana Police Department for using ‘excessive force’.
According to their lawsuit, Hall had been acting ‘peacefully’ when he encountered a group of Fontana PD officers outside the Chevron gas station at around 4.15am.
But the officers, the suit says, escalated the encounter and eventually ‘deployed lethal force’, killing Hall.
The suit states that one of the officers fired a shot at Hall as they entered the store and then deployed the police dog.
Hall became ‘startled’ and ran to the rear of the store where he ‘cowered’.
The suit states: ‘The Defendant officers cornered Decedent Hall in the rear of the convenience store, brandishing firearms, including an assault rifle.
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