LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A police officer fatally shot a Black man during a domestic disturbance call, prompting street protests that led to vandalism in Pennsylvania.
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Police posted the officer’s body camera video on social media, showing the man chasing the officer down a sidewalk with a knife before he was fatally shot, and eventually used tear gas early Monday to disperse the crowds.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Lancaster following the shooting death of Ricardo Munoz, 27, on Sunday afternoon. The crowd formed outside the police station, where the department stated multiple buildings and government vehicles were damaged by demonstrators.
The body camera video posted by police late Sunday showed the officer fire several shots while running away from Munoz, who then falls to the ground.
The officer was placed on administrative leave, according to local news outlets.
The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office was leading the investigation. District Attorney Heather Adams acknowledged the protests in a news release late Sunday and called for calm.
“We ask that acts of protest remain peaceful as violence and destruction of property will become headlines and serve no purpose for the safety and wellbeing of our citizens and neighborhoods,” Adams stated.
As for the use of “chemical munitions” against protesters early Monday, the police department said in a statement that the crowd was given several warnings to disperse before the gas was deployed.
The crowd “failed to follow the instructions,” police stated, adding that items including glass bottles, gallon jugs filled with liquid, parts of plastic road barricades and more had been thrown at officers.
at least that cop had a gun he could use. But what about NYC? deblasio and cuomo have painted law abiding citizens into a corner with democrat pro-crime laws and policies and now nyc starting to look more and more like chicago.
“a Black man…..Ricardo Munoz”
Didn’t look too black to me, and the name definitely seems Hispanic. Perhaps Puerto Rican or something like that.
Kudos to the officer for doing what had to be done.
Here we go again a 100% just shooting and they’re gonna burn the country down for it. If you charge a officer with a deadly weapon you will get shot and probably killed. I’m shocked that with all the protests the NFL and NBA did it’s still possible for a black man to get shot by police.
I mean this guy is charging a police officer with a relatively large knife. What are guns meant for? For dead officers??? This officer should be promoted to Detective and be given 3 more weapons!! What’s up with people protesting???? This officer had to run for his life, trip and fall, and be stabbed to death? Or he had to first run for one mile and then determine whether who can run faster???
I saw this video, and the cop was lucky that he survived; I can’t understand why in these violent and volatile domestic disturbances, there aren’t at least two cops dispatched to the scene.
Yawn. Another gangsta thug bites the dust. I feel safer already.
This killing justifies systemic racism, slavery, segregation, Jim Crow and lynchings vs Black Americans. Which ‘frum’ yidden support. Why daven this yuntiff if your neshuma is so filled with hate toward Blacks?
What language is “yuntiff”? is it Turkish or maybe Congolese? We frum yidden support law and order no matter which race commits the criminal deeds as opposed to brain compromised liberals like you who support criminals especially black ones.
if the black guy had no respect for the law to the point of attacking the police with a lethal knife, he deserved to be killed.