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June 8, 2015

Graphic Video Emerges of Utah Police Shooting of Unarmed Man 
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Meanwhile the graphic, full video of a Salt Lake City, Utah police
officer shooting an unarmed man last summer has been released. The video
shows Officer Bron Cruz approaching Dillon Taylor as he walks away from
him with headphones in his ears. Cruz shouts at Taylor to get his hands
out, then opens fire as Taylor appears to raise his hands. Cruz then
handcuffs Taylor and searches his pockets as blood gushes from his chest
and abdomen. The shooting took place two days after the killing of
Micheal Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The Salt Lake County district
attorney ruled it justified, saying Cruz reasonably perceived a threat.

 

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