Phoenix Police Officers Threatened To Shoot Unarmed Black Man As His Family Looked On
Phoenix police officers are being investigated after cell phone videos captured them threatening to shoot a 22-year-old black man while screaming and getting rough with his pregnant fiancée and two young children.
The videos sparked outrage in the community and on social media, and prompted the family to file a $10-million claim against the police department this week.On May 29, Dravon Ames, Iesha Harper, and their two children, 1-year-old London Drake and 4-year-old Island Drake, were driving to a babysitter after shopping at a Dollar General when a police car pulled them over, according to a complaint filed by the family's attorney, former Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne.
A few minutes later, a police car pulled up behind them, without lights or a siren, before two officers jumped out with guns and started yelling at the family. According to the complaint, one officer focused on Ames, pulling the door open and yanking the 22-year-old from his car while shouting repeatedly to put his hands up and screaming,"I'm going to put a cap in your ass."
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