‘We are not statistics, nor mere headlines’: Family of unarmed Black man killed by Aurora police seeks justice

AURORA, Colo. — The family of an unarmed Black man who was holding a cellphone when he was shot and killed by Aurora police last month demanded justice for his death Thursday as more details about why the man was sought by police in the first place came to light.

A witness who spoke with police after the incident told investigators that at first “everyone was being cool, but then a black Tahoe arrived and a male from inside showed a gun and demanded people come out of the store to fight,” according to the affidavit. Later that day, investigators talked to the legally blind man who was injured in the shooting at a hospital where he was being treated for four wounds to his right shoulder and back. The affidavit states the man said he has a very small field of vision and that “even what he can see he sees three of.”

Unarmed Black man encounters police nearly 3 weeks later On Thursday, the Aurora Police Department released an edited version of the bodycam footage, where Interim Chief Heather R. Morris detailed how the shooting occurred. It’s at this point that one Aurora SWAT officer fires a single shot before Lewis is heard repeatedly yelling at police, “I don’t have nothing!” as he falls to the ground.

After a prayer from former Colorado House Speaker Terrance Carroll, Lewis family was given a chance to speak.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

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