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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 08:38 AM Oct 2015

Cop kills black musician whose car broke down. Police refuses to say what happened.

http://www.alternet.org/comments/cop-kills-black-musician-whose-car-broke-down-police-leave-family-dark-about-why#disqus_thread

But that's about all the family was told, CBS12 reports.

"We don’t know where his body is, we don’t know what’s going on, all we know is someone knocked on the door and said this has happened," Jones’ cousin, Ava Wright told CBS12.

According to a police statement released Monday, the plainclothes officer went to investigate what he thought was an abandoned vehicle. They claim the shooting happened after the officer was confronted by an "armed subject," but Jones' family and friends describe the musician as unlikely to start a fight with police. They told the Washington Post that he didn't carry a gun.

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The officer is on paid administrative leave.
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Cop kills black musician whose car broke down. Police refuses to say what happened. (Original Post) DetlefK Oct 2015 OP
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