Officers Who Shot a Homeless Man 11 Times Over a Stolen Cup of Coffee Won’t be Charged
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Saginaw, Michigan police officers who shot a man 11 times, and fired a total of 47 bullets, have been given the all clear by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The incident began when officers responded to reports that a man had stolen a cup of coffee from a convenience store. When police arrived they saw that the man, identified as Milton Hall, had a knife. As is far too often the case with the homeless, he also had a history of mental illness. Rather than talk him down, police dropped him with a hail of bullets. The incident was recorded on the cellphones of several stunned witnesses.
Hall’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nine officers involved in the shooting. The attorney representing the family, Hugh Davis, alleged the officers’ actions “amounted to an execution by firing squad.”
Photos taken at the time of the incident certainly illicit scenes of execution. In a screenshot taken from a police cruisers camera, at least six officers can be seen in a semi-circle all aiming at the man some distance away.
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