Lawsuit Reveals Cops Removed Bullets From Teen “By Hand” After Shooting Him In Back
A new lawsuit has made the shocking revelation that California officers removed bullets by hand from a teen that they had just shot in the back.
Mercury News reports that the 17-year-old teen was shot in Hayward which is a city in the Bay area.
“It’s barbaric, the way in which they tried to minimize the harm they caused this young man,” Adante Pointer, who is the family’s lawyer said. “It’s completely inappropriate and fortunately it didn’t cause more severe damage to him.”
The lawsuit disputes the Hayward Police Department’s alleged description of events claiming that the teen posed a threat to the officers.
The teen said he woke up alone in his older cousin’s vehicle, had not looted or stolen anything, and was frightened and confused when he drove past the cops. It is believed that he was shot at this point. Medical personnel described the injury “as a grazing wound.”
“Hayward police have consistently been on my radar, a police department where they sic dogs on people, beat people, shoot people and it rarely catches the public’s attention,” Pointer added. “This is Exhibit A of a police department which seeks to vilify the victim and justify the shooting. The public should be very concerned.”
— Adante Pointer, Esq. (@AdanteEsq) December 25, 2020