Video of killing by San Francisco police sets off debate
Source: Associated Press
Video of killing by San Francisco police sets off debate
Updated 1:38 pm, Friday, December 4, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cellphone video of San Francisco police officers cornering and fatally shooting a man in San Francisco has sparked a debate over the officers' response, but the police chief is standing by his officers' actions.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports (http://sfg.ly/21zxNjr) Friday that members of the public and civil rights activists, who gathered at the shooting scene Thursday, decried police actions.
They say it was a blatant example of an overuse of force on a man who suffered from mental illness and posed little to no threat. Woods died after at least five officers fired at him about 15 times Wednesday.
Police Chief Greg Suhr says the officers were justified in shooting at Mario Woods, who investigators said was armed with a knife and was suspected in an earlier stabbing.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Killing-by-San-Francisco-police-sets-off-public-6675853.php
