Thursday, October 29, 2020

Updates on a tragedy

 Police release video of Stinnette incident

The Waukegan Police department has released their own video of the shooting of 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette and the wounding of his girlfriend, Tafara Williams, who was driving the car during the incident. This was a tragic case and the video provides more information on the situation. 

According to Channel 5 in Chicago:

"In one of the videos released, taken from the dashboard of the officer who fired the shots at the vehicle, the car is shown speeding away from the police cruiser on the night of the shooting. After a brief pursuit, the vehicle comes to a stop on the grass on a side street, then is seen reversing.

The officer is heard yelling at the driver to stop, then gunshots are heard before the footage stops.

Another video shows the officer’s body-worn camera, which was turned on after the shots were fired.

“You almost tried to run me over!” the officer is heard shouting at Williams.

Williams can be heard shouting “he got shot, he got shot” while the officer’s body camera continues to roll."
(Waukegan Officials Release Dashcam, Body Camera Footage of Fatal Police Shooting)

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Question: Do you think the video helps us understand what happened in this incident?

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