As I said for the Missouri shooting, I want to see justice play out for both of these. This is an African American police officer that shot and killed a "white man" as the news would state it. Crickets, Silence , from the Media! Where are the protest, and the riots? The Race Hustlers are silent. How Pathetic!
(KUTV) A day after Salt Lake City police shot and killed a man whose family claim he was unarmed, questions about the shooting remain unanswered.
South Salt Lake police are investigating the shooting because it occurred within the city, but near the border with Salt Lake City. Officers have not yet said whether they recovered a weapon at the scene.
"They're here to protect and serve. More like shoot and kill," said Jerrail Taylor, Dillon Taylor's older brother. "Anybody in this house or anybody on the streets, if we kill someone, we're doing 25 years to life in prison. I'd like this cop to lose his job and do the same amount of time like a regular human being."
Dillon Taylor, 20, who is from Salt Lake, was exiting 7-Eleven with his brother and cousin, Adam Thayne, around 7 p.m. on Monday, when Salt Lake City police arrived, responding to a report of a man waving a gun in the area.
The officers ordered the men to the ground. Two of them complied, but Dillon, who police say matched the suspect's description, did not go down.
"It came in as a 911 call that there was a man with a gun," said South Salt Lake Police Sgt. Darrin Sweeten. "He was verbally challenged and ultimately was shot."
Sweeten did not release further details on the shooting on Tuesday.
Dillon's brother and cousin claim they were on their way to visit his parents' graves and that Dillon was surprised by the police presence. He was not aggressive, they said.
"He had headphones in, and he couldn't hear [anything], and then they finally surrounded him," Jerrail said. "They're like, 'Get on the ground,' and [he] pulled up his pants and [they] shot him."
Thayne believes police might have thought his cousin was reaching for a gun when, in reality, he grabbed his cell phone.
"I was in shock, because he was wearing a white t-shirt and there was blood all over it," Thayne said. "They ran up and handcuffed him. He wasn't moving."
A witness's video shows police yelling for the two men to remain on the ground as Thayne repeatedly screams that they have shot his cousin.
The two men were taken to the police station, but released hours later without being charged or cited.
Family said Dillon had had struggles throughout his teenage and adult life, including a criminal past, after losing his parents at the age of 12.
They hope to remember him as a loyal friend and devoted father-to-be. His girlfriend is just a couple months pregnant, Jerrail said.
"He was the funniest kid ever," Jerrail said. "His own baby will never meet him."
The family has set up an account to help pay for funeral expenses. Wells Fargo Bank is accepting donations to the "Justice for Dillon" account #6386866385.
Family and friends are planing a vigil at 7 p.m. at the 7-Eleven where he died.
By: Christine McCarthy
http://kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_13131.shtml
www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/08/20/have_you_heard_about_the_salt_lake_city_shooting
http://youngcons.com/unarmed-white-man-was-killed-by-a-black-cop-look-how-the-media-responds/
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