A Substantial Reward?

FLORIDA (Press TV) - A newly released video shows a US police officer shooting and paralyzing an unarmed African American man in Florida two years ago, after mistaking his cell phone for a gun.

Date: 25 April 2015 - 21:10

News ID: ۱۳۱۶۷

The footage from the Sept. 13, 2013 incident shows Dontrell Stephens was riding his bike through a South Florida neighborhood when he noticed he was being followed by a Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy, Adams Lin.
The video, obtained by local station WPTV, released on Thursday as part of a federal suit appears to show Lin shooting Stephens four times just seconds after getting out of his vehicle and confronting him.
In the lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, attorney Jack Scarola wrote there was no reason to stop Stephens as he was simply talking on his cell phone while riding his bike.
"Not only was Stephens’ stop without cause, his arrest was secured with excessive force,” Scarola wrote.
Stephens was trying to comply with the officer’s orders to put his arms in the air when he was shot in the left hand, twice in the elbow and once in the chest, according to the lawsuit.

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"The killing of innocent African Americans by the police in the United States cannot be for fun”, remarked my friend Jamshed, nicknamed Jimmy because of his naivety. "I’m sure the police commits this inhuman act to secretly receive a substantial reward or maybe some type of promotion”, said Jimmy.
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