*San Bernardino police are under fire after officers fatally shot a Black man during a seemingly covert operation.
The family of 23-year-old Robert Adams claims he was gunned down by officers who did not identify themselves before they got out of an unmarked car and chased Adams in a parking lot, New York Post reports.
Security footage has surfaced on social media showing the events leading up to the fatal police shooting of Adams. Now his family is demanding that the police department releases the bodycam footage.
“I could understand if he was a threat to them,” said Adams’ mother Tamika Deavila King. “But he was not a threat to them. He was running for his life.”
Here’s more from CBS News:
According to the San Bernardino Police Department, uniformed officers from a specialized unit were investigating complaints from neighbors about an illegal gambling facility on Saturday at about 8 p.m. Security camera footage showed two officers driving past the facility in an unmarked vehicle before stopping their car just a few yards from the parking lot where the gambling facility was located.
Robert Adams, 23 could be seen talking to someone before walking in the direction of the officers’ vehicle. As he approached the car, two officers jumped out with their guns drawn shortly before Adams began to run towards a nearby wall.
Source: Family of Robert Adams Demand to See Police Bodycam Footage After Fatal Shooting
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