No charges after US police kill man who yelled 'don't shoot'

No charges after US police kill man who yelled 'don't shoot'Blevins took the gun out of his pants pocket and turned towards the officers just before they fired 14 shots, according to the Hennepin County prosecutor's office. Blevins then collapsed and blood began to pool beneath his body, as an officer kicked away a handgun that had fallen to the ground. "Mr Blevins represented a danger to the lives of (the officers)," County Attorney Mike Freeman said in a written statement.




from https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-charges-us-police-kill-man-yelled-dont-183441165.html

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