Jacksonville Sheriff's candidates weigh in on the deadly police shooting of 25-year-old Akron man

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Candidates for Jacksonville Sheriff weigh in on the deadly police shooting of an unarmed black man in Akron, Ohio.

Police in Akron released body camera video of the shooting of 25-year-old Jayland Walker. The shooting happened last Monday after an attempted traffic stop. Police say he was NOT armed when he was shot - but officers believed he had shot at them earlier and was preparing to fire again.

News4JAX reached out Monday to the candidates in Jacksonville’s race for sheriff, asking about the issues of police shootings and body camera video.Ad Jacksonville Sheriff’s Candidate Wayne Clark said, “There is some explaining to do...why eight officers shot so many times at one person.”“So I know we can tweak our policy let me just say that one of the things we can do a better job is transparency by getting in front of stories,” Clark said.

 

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Our Sheriff didn’t even live in Jacksonville; we have a homeless and huge crime problem in Jax!

Highland Park is most certainly tragic, but the media is focusing on that shooting because the shooter is reported to be white while ignoring the black on black slaughter 20 miles away:

The guy that had a weapon in his car, evading police, and wearing a mask?

Disseminating false information. Subject fired first.

What happened to the other 30rds shot, but didn't hit the suspect? Completely irresponsible to shoot that many times, even if he did have a gun.

The unarmed man that previously fired at cops?

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