Police watchdog says Julian Jones was shot in 2021 after a Taser failed to stop him from advancing on officers.
But one of the officers told the IIO that the door was actually opened up after he had warned it was going to be kicked in. He said the room was “pitch black” and he shone his flashlight inside.
“They were in a dark, cluttered room, already with one resistant individual, unable reasonably to retreat because of the need to protect the complainant,” the report said.Advertisement 4The man dropped to the floor after he was hit by the Taser, then started advancing again, the report said. At that point, one of the officers fired three rounds from his pistol, hitting the man twice.
At least two of the other witnesses who were at the scene said they did not think that the victim had been aggressive. Chisholm said the nation’s leadership and the entire community will support the family in how it proceeds, “whether they will try and overturn this decision or whatever.”Article content
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