A black teenager who was naked and acting erratically in an Austin, Texas, neighborhood Monday was unarmed when he was fatally shot by police, the Austin Police Department says.
Police say that on Monday morning they received multiple calls from residents of the neighborhood in the northeast of the city reporting the teen, now identified as 17-year-old David Joseph, was “acting erratically” and “chasing” another male in a nearby apartment complex.
The 911 dispatcher told The officer the teen had no weapons that were reported and that he was unarmed before the officer arrived at the scene at about 10 a.m. Freeman told police that Joseph did not listen to his commands before shooting.
“Mr. Joseph ultimately charged at the officer and that’s when shots were fired,” Manley said, noting Freeman fired just seconds after the confrontation began.
Police are reporting that although the dashboard camera recorded audio, it didn’t record video of the incident because most of the incident just happened to occur “outside of the frame.” The audio recording has not yet been made public.
Manley wouldn’t say if a stun gun was deployed by the officer during the incident, but seeing as the teen was obviously unarmed, There were other non-lethal forms of restraint that could have been used.
The teen died Monday at Round Rock Medical Center.
#StayWoke
FUCKING HELL
So much adorableness in just one screencap.
*cancels plans* sorry i can’t come i’m ugly
salad, or as i call it, expensive leaf nonsense
WOW WOW WOW PLEASE WATCH THIS
actions speak
Never forget how they treated us
Hurricane Katrina if anyone was wondering
NEW ORLEANS PLEASE NEVER FORGET THEY LEFT THE PEOPLE OF MY CITY TO DIE!
why….. why do they have guns in response to a natural disaster?
Merica
They killed my mama’s friend on the danziger bridge
Always reblog
And ppl still suffering PTSD 10 years later
I’m at work trying so hard not to cry
why do superheroes care so much about their cities? its always “i have to protect this city” or “people of this city will die” like chill i mean shit i dont even know who my mayor is
Savage af
News: American Apparel has filed for bankruptcy
Me: patiently waits for a huge sale
Evan Lorenzen: Tiny Art - Life’s Lil Pleasures
does anyone remember 2k10 Middle School “Hipster” aesthetics?? colorful galaxy pictures?? Triangles?? the same 2 perks of being a wallflower quotes everywhere?? narwhals?? the 3 most popular MGMT songs?? the word “infinite??” So Many Triangles?? Did anyone actually like or understand any of that or was it just some mass hysteria, a hallucination of the collective unconscious, all young citizens being brainwashed into compliance
I can’t believe so many of you were in middle school in 2010. I’m way too fucking old for this website