Saturday, July 16, 2016

Atlanta DA Paul Howard Charges Police Officer With Murder Of Unarmed Black Man

Courtesy of ajc.com
The saga continues-another unarmed Black man was killed June 22, 2016, in Atlanta. In June, officers responded to a call placed by an off-duty officer of suspicious activity. Upon arrival, a Black man, Devaris Cain Rogers, entered his car to leave the complex. Officer James Burns blocked Mr. Rogers car, and fired one shot into the passenger side, striking Rogers in the head killing him.

In charging Officer Burns with aggravated murder, District Attorney Howard, who is African-American, noted that Officer Burns had no facts to determine that Rogers was a threat to the officer or public, and further Rogers did not attempt to hit Burns with his vehicle.  Here's a link to the full story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/16/us/former-atlanta-officer-charged-with-murder/index.html

When will the killing stop?

No comments:

Post a Comment

Tweets by BIntelligentsi