![]() ![]() ![]() One of the most distressing parts of this seemingly nonstop string of police killings of Black people is the fact that more times than not, the officer involved in the shooting can hide behind the claim that they feared for their lives - even if the victim was shot in the back, as has become the case for so many deadly episodes involving law enforcement. 3, 2019, and Jamee Johnson, a 22-year-old HBCU student who police shot to death after a questionable traffic stop on Dec. But there are plenty of others whose police killings never went “viral,” including people like Michael Dean, a 28-year-old father who police shot in the head on Dec. Jor’dell Richardson’s name joins a long list of too many other Black men and boys killed by the police, including people who have become household names for all the wrong reasons like Jayland Walker, Patrick Lyoya, Tamir Rice, Botham Jean, E.J. The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office confirmed the cause of death was a gunshot wound and classified the death as a homicide.Īurora Police Chief Art Acevedo maintains that Richardson “pointed” the pellet gun at the officer despite video evidence to the contrary. Officers called for an ambulance, which took him to University Hospital in Aurora.ĭoctors pronounced Richardson dead from his gunshot wound at 5:05 p.m. Shortly after, another officer begins CPR on Richardson. ![]() Video from both officers is obscured by clothing.Īfterward, Richardson pleads for help as he quickly loses consciousness, video footage shows. “I’m going to shoot your ass! Dude, I’m going to shoot you!”įive seconds later, Gruszeczka fires a single shot into Richardson’s upper abdomen. Let go of the (expletive) gun,” said Officer Roch Gruszeczka. Seconds later, Officer James Snapp tackles the teenager. Officers suspected Richardson had a firearm, but the weapon was later determined to be a pellet gun that video footage confirms the teen never wielded and remained in his waistband.Ī local medical examiner’s office later determined that the shooting death was a homicide.īodycam video footage released last week shows Richardson giving up and asking for mercy seconds before the officer shoots him at close range.Ĭolorado Public Radio reported on the contents of the bodycam video footage:Īs officers chase Richardson down the alleyway, video shows the teenager reaching toward his waistband. An unidentified officer with the Aurora Police Department shot Richardson once in the stomach during a brief chase. On June 1, police in Aurora, Colorado, shot and killed 14-year-old Jor’Dell Richardson over the reported suspicion he had committed a robbery and was armed. ![]() MORE: #SayHerName: Black Women And Girls Killed By Police The centuries-old American tradition of Black men killed by police suffered an untraditional jolt when former cop Derek Chauvin was found guilty and convicted on all counts for murdering George Floyd by kneeling on the unarmed, handcuffed man’s neck for more than nine minutes.īut if anybody thought police would be deterred by that apparent exception to the rule of holding police accountable for killing Black people, they should think again as it has been a quick resumption of law enforcement normalcy with continued shootings of Black men and boys with impunity since Chauvin’s murder conviction. ![]()
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