Man killed by Hayward (CA) police was naked, unarmed, suit says

[KamaAina]

Naked? That's a new one!

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Man-killed-by-Hayward-police-was-naked-unarmed-6369579.php

A man was naked and unarmed when he was shot numerous times in the back and killed by Hayward police, his siblings said in a federal civil rights lawsuit.

James McKinney, 29, was shot dead by Hayward police Officers Kenneth Landreth and Ricardo Flores at the Phoenix Lodge on West A Street early on July 6, 2014, says the suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

Police have said McKinney lunged for the guns of officers who had responded to reports that McKinney forced his way into a tenant’s room, refused to leave and acted erratically....

But the suit accuses police of killing McKinney “despite the fact that he was naked, unarmed and did not pose a threat to the officers or anyone else at the time they decided to use deadly force against him.”

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Pretty hard to claim a buck-naked guy had a weapon.

I wonder what the cops' excuse will be?

[KamaAina]

2. "He was waving his junk around"?

[tkmorris]

3. His must be more impressive than mine