curd even told thomas that crawford had died that day. as a result of his actions, he s gone, said the detective, as she slumped in her chair and cried. the video shows curd pushing tom mass where her boyfriend got this rifle and suggests she s not telling the truth. detective curd also presses more on intoxication of that issue.
back in august, a 22-year-old black man named john crawford, iii entered a wall mart. he was with his girlfriend and picked up a realistic air rifle which was readily available on the store shefling. as this surveillance footage shows, crawford then walked around the walmart with that unloaded air rifle in his hand. a shopper called the police saying a black man was walking around with a gun in the store adding he s, like, pointing it at people. now, later, the caller admitted that crawford did not point the rifle at anyone. in fact, you can see crawford holding it while talking on the phone with mostly people going about their business nearby. it is disturbing, armed police officers prompted by that information, they enter searching for him.
when they found him, crawford appears to drop the air rifle and take cover. and, according to the special prosecutor in this case, police had shot him before he dropped it. crawford them runs back into the aisle and collapses. the police shot him twice, wounds that resulted in his death. police say he ignored commands to put down the air rifle. and a grand jury declined to indict the officers in september. like so many other cases around the nation right now, it is not only the outcome here that s concerning to many people. it s many of the basic steps in our criminal justice process that are now subject to a little bit of extra scrutiny. now, after this shooting, police question crawford s girlfriend, tascha thomas, who had been elsewhere in the store during the incident. the guardian newspaper has published a portion for the first time this weekend. it shows detective rodney curd aggressively questioning thomas,
prosecutor in this case, police had shot him before he dropped it. crawford them runs back into the aisle and collapses. the police shot him twice, wounds that resulted in his death. police say he ignored commands to put down the air rifle. and a grand jury declined to indict the officers in september. like so many other cases around the nation right now, it is not only the outcome here that s concerning to many people. it s many of the basic steps in our criminal justice process that are now subject to a little bit of extra scrutiny. now, after this shooting, police question crawford s girlfriend, tascha thomas, who had been elsewhere in the store during the incident. the guardian newspaper has published a portion for the first time this weekend. it shows detective rodney curd aggressively questioning thomas, according to the guardian, the interrogation went on for more than an hour and a half. and it wasn t until the end that
according to the guardian, the interrogation went on for more than an hour and a half. and it wasn t until the end that curd even told thomas that crawford had died that day. as a result of his actions, he s gone, said the detective, as she slumped in her chair and cried. the video shows curd pushing tom mass where her boyfriend got this rifle and suggests she s not telling the truth. detective curd also presses more on intoxication of that issue. joining me tonight is tasha thomas and her attorney, anthony detective curd also presses more on intoxication of that