On Sunday, police officers killed unarmed 25-year-old Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, shooting 100 rounds in a chase.
After Jayland Walker got a traffic infraction, police were trying to pull him over. However, when he was slowing down, he pulls out a flashbang and threw it outside his window, then raced off. While the police were tailing, Walker suddenly got out of his car, and tried to flee on foot. No one knows why Walker was trying to escape, as he had no criminal record and just a small traffic ticket.
Records show that seven police officers opened fire right after two non-lethal tasers were shot and missed. The police, using their recorded video, say that Walker had his hands on his waist while he turned to the officer’s fire.
Chief of the Akron Police Department Steve Mylett says, “When they proceed a threat to themselves or somebody else that they are authorized to use their firearm.” Only later would the officers find out that Walker did not have any weapons on him; that he was unarmed.
According to The Washington Post, “The killing has sparked protests and calls for accountability from Walker’s family and residents angry over the third fatal police shooting in the northeast Ohio city since late December.”
“Jayland has been shot more times than I can count, and that is beyond troubling,” Jayland’s sister speaks in an interview for News 5. “We will get nowhere with violence and destruction, but we will with measured, and calm dialogue.”
His family said that Walker was a sweet man who cared lots about Akron, Ohio and he was killed as a non-lethal threat. Relatives are saying that officers are “mad” and “sick” for letting this happen.
Jayland’s mother, Pamela Walker said: “Why did this happen in such a manner, such a terrible, terrible way?” Even today, officers do not have an answer.
After Jayland Walker got a traffic infraction, police were trying to pull him over. However, when he was slowing down, he pulls out a flashbang and threw it outside his window, then raced off. While the police were tailing, Walker suddenly got out of his car, and tried to flee on foot. No one knows why Walker was trying to escape, as he had no criminal record and just a small traffic ticket.
Records show that seven police officers opened fire right after two non-lethal tasers were shot and missed. The police, using their recorded video, say that Walker had his hands on his waist while he turned to the officer’s fire.
Chief of the Akron Police Department Steve Mylett says, “When they proceed a threat to themselves or somebody else that they are authorized to use their firearm.” Only later would the officers find out that Walker did not have any weapons on him; that he was unarmed.
According to The Washington Post, “The killing has sparked protests and calls for accountability from Walker’s family and residents angry over the third fatal police shooting in the northeast Ohio city since late December.”
“Jayland has been shot more times than I can count, and that is beyond troubling,” Jayland’s sister speaks in an interview for News 5. “We will get nowhere with violence and destruction, but we will with measured, and calm dialogue.”
His family said that Walker was a sweet man who cared lots about Akron, Ohio and he was killed as a non-lethal threat. Relatives are saying that officers are “mad” and “sick” for letting this happen.
Jayland’s mother, Pamela Walker said: “Why did this happen in such a manner, such a terrible, terrible way?” Even today, officers do not have an answer.
