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July 29, 2020

Detroit Protesters Demand Justice After Video Shows Police Killing of Hakim Littleton
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A newly formed coalition in Detroit is calling for an independent
investigation into the fatal police shooting of an African American man
named Hakim Littleton on July 10. Newly released footage appears to show
Littleton was shot repeatedly while he was face down on the ground with
an officer on top of him. One officer shot him in the head at
point-blank range. The video appears to show Littleton had first fired
at the officers but was soon tackled. The Coalition for Police
Transparency and Accountability has accused Detroit's police chief of
mischaracterizing the shooting as an appropriate use of force by
initially only releasing footage that backed up the agency's version of
what happened.


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