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LisaL

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5. They should look at the close up of the video.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 30, 2018, 06:06 PM

Jul 2018

"The raw body-camera video does not clearly show this. However, the National Center for Audio and Video Forensics released an enhanced version of the video in which they circle an object that officials say is a gun. A police union official also said the officers fired only after Blevins fired at them."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/30/us/minneapolis-police-thurman-blevins-shooting/index.html

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No charges for officers who shot Blevins (Minneapolis) [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 OP

Kick. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 #1

His last words were "please don't shoot me." WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 #2

You can see in the video as he was running he has an object (that looks like a gun), LisaL Jul 2018 #3

ACLU calls the bodycam footage "disturbing, terrifying and appalling." WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 #4

They should look at the close up of the video. LisaL Jul 2018 #5

One officer said he was "pretty sure" Blevins had a gun, the other didn't report being fired at. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 #6

You can see at the enhanced video, it definetely looks like a gun that he was pointing back at the LisaL Jul 2018 #7

Yes, so you said. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 #8