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Councilman questions police shooting
A Cleveland city councilman is calling for an investigation into the death of a 24-year-old East Side man shot by police on Sunday.
Sgt. Donna Bell, a police spokeswoman, said Monday that the officer fired his gun as he struggled with Brandon Robinson, who had taken the gun from the officer's holster. Robinson, of East 154th Street, died of a gunshot wound to his chest.
Councilman Zack Reed said he has talked to at least one witness who contradicted the police version of the shooting.
Reed knocked on doors Monday looking for residents who might have witnessed the shooting. He said one woman visiting her daughter on East 151st Street told him she saw an officer chasing a man and tackling him.
Reed said the woman told him there was no struggle, as stated by police. She said she saw the man kneeling before the officer with his hands in the air, as if surrendering, and then the man slumped and fell to the ground.
"We will be thoroughly investigating this one," Reed said. "There are too many conflicting stories. My gut feeling is telling me this is not good. There's more to this."
Bell gave this account of the incident:
Two 4th District officers investigating suspected drug activity on East 151st Street near Kinsman Road about 4 p.m. approached a parked car, which had two people inside. The officers had their guns drawn and reported smelling marijuana coming from the car.
Police handcuffed the driver, an 18-year-old man, to the steering wheel. Robinson, who has a history of minor drug convictions, was taken out of the car but refused to be handcuffed.
Robinson ran and an officer tackled him after a brief chase. The two fought on the ground. Robinson punched the officer and grabbed the officer's revolver. The other officer tried to help his partner and was elbowed in the forehead. The officer on the ground pulled the trigger of his gun once while he and Robinson struggled.
Authorities have refused for two days to release the name of the officer involved in the shooting. Bell said his name will be released today.
As is standard practice in police shootings, the officer has been placed on a three-day paid leave while the shooting is investigated.
Celeste Glasgow, Mayor Jane Campbell's spokeswoman, said Monday that members of the city's Community Relations crisis intervention team had begun outreach efforts in the neighborhood and that those efforts will increase in the next couple days.
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WoW. A guy who wasn't there, spoke to one person who claims they were nearby, and suddenly it's "We will be thoroughly investigating this one," Reed said. "There are too many conflicting stories. My gut feeling is telling me this is not good. There's more to this."
Apparently his gut is not too objective. There's no problem with looking closely at Police shootings, but this does not appear to be impartial. Instead, it appears he went seeking an outcome (knocking on doors on his own until he found someone who said or would say what he wanted to hear).
A Cleveland city councilman is calling for an investigation into the death of a 24-year-old East Side man shot by police on Sunday.
Sgt. Donna Bell, a police spokeswoman, said Monday that the officer fired his gun as he struggled with Brandon Robinson, who had taken the gun from the officer's holster. Robinson, of East 154th Street, died of a gunshot wound to his chest.
Councilman Zack Reed said he has talked to at least one witness who contradicted the police version of the shooting.
Reed knocked on doors Monday looking for residents who might have witnessed the shooting. He said one woman visiting her daughter on East 151st Street told him she saw an officer chasing a man and tackling him.
Reed said the woman told him there was no struggle, as stated by police. She said she saw the man kneeling before the officer with his hands in the air, as if surrendering, and then the man slumped and fell to the ground.
"We will be thoroughly investigating this one," Reed said. "There are too many conflicting stories. My gut feeling is telling me this is not good. There's more to this."
Bell gave this account of the incident:
Two 4th District officers investigating suspected drug activity on East 151st Street near Kinsman Road about 4 p.m. approached a parked car, which had two people inside. The officers had their guns drawn and reported smelling marijuana coming from the car.
Police handcuffed the driver, an 18-year-old man, to the steering wheel. Robinson, who has a history of minor drug convictions, was taken out of the car but refused to be handcuffed.
Robinson ran and an officer tackled him after a brief chase. The two fought on the ground. Robinson punched the officer and grabbed the officer's revolver. The other officer tried to help his partner and was elbowed in the forehead. The officer on the ground pulled the trigger of his gun once while he and Robinson struggled.
Authorities have refused for two days to release the name of the officer involved in the shooting. Bell said his name will be released today.
As is standard practice in police shootings, the officer has been placed on a three-day paid leave while the shooting is investigated.
Celeste Glasgow, Mayor Jane Campbell's spokeswoman, said Monday that members of the city's Community Relations crisis intervention team had begun outreach efforts in the neighborhood and that those efforts will increase in the next couple days.
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WoW. A guy who wasn't there, spoke to one person who claims they were nearby, and suddenly it's "We will be thoroughly investigating this one," Reed said. "There are too many conflicting stories. My gut feeling is telling me this is not good. There's more to this."
Apparently his gut is not too objective. There's no problem with looking closely at Police shootings, but this does not appear to be impartial. Instead, it appears he went seeking an outcome (knocking on doors on his own until he found someone who said or would say what he wanted to hear).
