theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/31/anthony-lowe-police-killing-amputee-huntington-park

what the F***

"A southern California police department is facing national backlash after footage revealed that officers fatally shot a double amputee and wheelchair user who appeared to be hobbling away on the ground before he was killed.

Anthony Lowe, 36, was killed by officers in Huntington Park, a city in southern Los Angeles county, last Thursday. Cellphone footage captured part of the incident, showing Lowe on a sidewalk next to his wheelchair appearing to try to flee as two officers approach him with weapons drawn. More police cars arrived as the officers followed Lowe, who seemed to be limping away, but the video did not capture the shooting.

Now, Lowe’s family is calling for officers to be terminated and face murder charges.

“I’m heartbroken, and filled with anger and rage,” Tatiana Jackson, his younger sister, told the Guardian on Tuesday. “I just can’t understand why they would do that to someone in a wheelchair. I want somebody to explain to me what was the reason that you had to gun down a guy who has no legs.”

Lowe was a father of two and one of eight siblings in a tight-knit family, and he had been struggling recently after he had to have both legs amputated, his family said.
Anthony Lowe with his daughter.
Anthony Lowe with his daughter. Photograph: Courtesy of Tatiana Jackson

The circumstances preceding the killing are unclear, and officials have faced scrutiny as their narrative has appeared to shift. The Huntington Park police department said in a statement that officers were responding to reports of a stabbing allegedly committed by someone in a wheelchair at around 3.40pm on Thursday, and that they encountered Lowe, who was in a wheelchair and who they believed was the suspect.

The department claimed that officers attempted to detain him, alleging he ignored commands and “threatened to advance or throw the knife at the officers”, although the limited witness footage did not capture this. The department further said that officers “deployed two separate Tasers in an attempt to subdue the suspect”, but when “the Tasers were ineffective”, they shot him. He was pronounced dead at the scene."

man rip

why can’t these threads ever be about cops getting popped

Saddest thing I've seen in the last couple years.

i dont even feel like posting about it unless its like particularly egregious and this year has already had way too many absolutely insane civilian executions

#FreeSinewave

All I can say is free Sinewave

Imagine trying to justify shooting a person literally in a wheelchair because you couldn’t “subdue” them

just another day in America, y'all shouldn't be surprised at this point

ACAB

Even conservatives are starting to hate the cops. The time is coming

Man, adults today must be dumber than ever before.

And they're all in positions of power. It's no wonder things are the way they are.

that’s an insane headline

RIP to him

No chance these cops aren’t lying through their teeth about literally every single f***ing detail of this too

man who in their right mind would shoot a double amputee wheelchair user

america is wild

american cops cant be fixed n will never be fixed unless they are replaced by AI robocops

what did he say?

ktt2.com/lmaoooo-someone-just-drilled-a-cop-outside-the-mall-in-my-city-115667

All the nerd children disgreeing

might as well clap back at this rate

real