Lawsuit Claims Police Shot Black Teen In The Back, Then Removed Bullets from His Body with Their Hands Before Paramedics Arrived
A federal suit filed last week claims that a 17-year-old boy was shot twice in the back by police in a Northern California city and that officers removed the bullets from his back by hand before paramedics arrived.
The suit, which was filed on Dec. 21, contradicts the Hayward Police Department’s account of events, claiming the teen injured in the gunfire did not pose a threat to officers.
Police responded to a report of looting and possible shots fired at a CVS location in Hayward, California, early in the morning on June 1 in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death.
âThe cops did this to a kid when the eyes of the world were looking!â Pointer wrote. âImagine what happens when NO ONE is looking!â
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The lawsuit claims the teenager fell asleep in his cousinâs car near the scene of looting in the midst of Black Lives Matter protests in the city. Police said cops were dispatched to a CVS pharmacy in the area on reports of looting. The teenager, however, claims he woke up around 4 a.m. on June 1, frightened and confused, and drove past the cops â who opened fire and struck him in the back.