This is one of the worst stories I've heard in a long time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNGC6L3gFs
And here are some print media accounts.
LA Times -- Oct. 29 -- Calif cop fatally shoots innocent man in his yard
Detroit Free Pres -- October 29 -- Cop Kills Man by Mistake
His name was Julian Alexander. He was 20 years old, had only just gotten married back on October 19th, and his wife/widow is due to give birth to their first child in December.
The family claims Mr. Alexander heard a noise, so he went out into the fron yard with a broom in his hand, and a cop who had been chasing a burglar shot Alexander twice with no warning. The wife says she ran outside and found her bleeding husband on the ground handcuffed. He died later at the hospital.
This happened in Orange County, in Anaheim. So it's not LA proper (not Rodney King's neighborhood). But this IS the sort of thing that COULD touch off riots. But ....... right before election day??? Right before an election with the first African American presidential candidate???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNGC6L3gFs
And here are some print media accounts.
LA Times -- Oct. 29 -- Calif cop fatally shoots innocent man in his yard
Detroit Free Pres -- October 29 -- Cop Kills Man by Mistake
His name was Julian Alexander. He was 20 years old, had only just gotten married back on October 19th, and his wife/widow is due to give birth to their first child in December.
The family claims Mr. Alexander heard a noise, so he went out into the fron yard with a broom in his hand, and a cop who had been chasing a burglar shot Alexander twice with no warning. The wife says she ran outside and found her bleeding husband on the ground handcuffed. He died later at the hospital.
This happened in Orange County, in Anaheim. So it's not LA proper (not Rodney King's neighborhood). But this IS the sort of thing that COULD touch off riots. But ....... right before election day??? Right before an election with the first African American presidential candidate???