Trenton Police Shoot, Kill Unarmed Black Man who 'acted in a threatening manner''
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 01:07AM 
From [HERE] and [HERE] TRENTON — Three Trenton police officers shot and killed an unarmed man after police say the man raised his hand as if he had a gun. The man was identified as 31-year-old Corey Brown of Trenton.
Police responded to a report of an assault in progress about 1:20 a.m. Monday and were advised the suspect might be armed. They saw Brown walking from the area. Police say Brown put his hand into waistband as if he had a weapon and ignored officers' commands to show his hands. The officers fired when Brown raised his hand as if he had a gun. After he raised his hands, all three officers fired at least once, police said. Thus far, the media has not talked to any witnesses.
Police also said that a woman had approached Brown in an attempt to calm him down. He threw her to the ground, police said, and then raised his hand "as if he had a gun in a threatening manner," according to statement issued by acting Police Director Joseph Juniak.
"Unfortunately, the aggressive actions of the suspect appears to have dictated the actions taken by the officers in resorting to the use of deadly force," Juniak said.
Police would not say how many shots were fired. Sgt. Tom McDonough said no weapon was recovered. The officers were placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation.
At least one woman was disturbed by the sight of handcuffs on Brown’s prone body, but police said handcuffing even a wounded suspect is standard procedure.
“Suspects are handcuffed, even after a shooting,” acting Capt. Steve Varn said. “Because you don’t know what effect the shots had on that person.” [MORE]
Reader Comments (3)
Ones again another black unarmed American citizen is gun down by police! In every state in every city. The same story is told. We (that mean all 15 to 20 cops) thought he was reaching for a gun. In this case the responding officer said the call came in. Assault in progress. But when they arrived to the seen Mr. Brown was walking away from the victim. Police said that a woman then approached Brown in an attempt to calm him down. He threw her to the ground, police said, and then raised his hand ( NOT A GUN) "as if he had a gun in a threatening manner," according to statement issued by acting Police Director Joseph Juniak. So they fire him up! Not one officer but three officers! Now let me look into my Chrystal ball….The investigation will find all cops acting within the law…. The police will release Mr. Brown’s police record….If he has one or his driving records. Anything to say to the public Mr. Brown was a bad person (OR JUST ANOTHER N------) that deserve to be shot by three cops! There will be some protest MAYBE.! If Rev. Sharpton gets involve. It may be some marching. The cops love that because now the incident is no longer about Mr.Brown. They will now make it about the protestor and Rev.Sharpton! Then black Americans will wait for the next police shooting! Now I wrote this post on 4/26/2011.….Check back and see how my Chrystal ball did.
There were 67 accidental deaths of officers in 2005, 15 fewer than a year earlier, the FBI said! Cops are rarely killed, but it is usually their service weapons or their patrol vehicles doing the killing when it happens! Friendly fire is responsible for many police deaths! Black cop are shot by white cops 98% of the times! In late August, a police officer shot and killed a man after he mistook the man’s cigarette lighter for a gun. That same week in Detroit, a deaf and mute man wielding a garden rake was shot and killed by an officer. The white officer that shot the man was the last to arrive to the seen! He was also the further away from the black man! A Detroit police officer was charged with manslaughter in that city’s slaying, and an investigation is under way in the other. The shootings in two very different communities have heightened questions about whether police officers, in small towns and larger cities, are properly trained about when to — and not to — use deadly force. In other words white cops are starting to murder white people too! In Boise, Idaho, a spate of recent deadly shootings in an otherwise tranquil Western city brings the issue to a public debate. In other words when they where just murdering unarmed blacks! It was OK!
“Officers can begin to see everybody they deal with as being a threat,” said Pierce Murphy, a community ombudsman in Boise. “Not a potential threat but a real threat.” Shootings on Rise in Small Towns by cops!
While high-profile shootings, like the 1998 slaying of Amadou Diallo, who was killed by four New York City officers who mistook his wallet for a gun, have brought the issue of police shootings to the national forefront, there is an indication that such shootings are happening more often in small-town America. The U.S. Department of Justice does not require police departments to report deadly shootings statistics. Some FBI statistics indicate the number of people fatally shot by police each year has changed little in the past five years, with about 360 dying at the hands of police in one recent year. But researchers who study trends in crime suspect an important shift may be under way: Police-related fatalities and instances of abuse, which have traditionally been associated with large urban areas, are occurring in smaller cities and towns. In the Colorado case, Eric Vantslot, 30, was shot and killed by sheriffs’ deputies in the town of Lyons after the man aimed what appeared to be a gun at them. After the shooting, investigators discovered the object was a cigarette lighter that resembled a semiautomatic handgun. Police officers in America are either poorly train or just STUPID! Or racist ignorance uncaring cowards! Especially white police officers! At what point are the powers that be going to acknowledge. That many cops in America (especially white cops) are just plain stupid and irresponsible? The country have lived threw white cops that are willing to turn waterholes on pregnant women and children! Four white cops beat and kick unarmed Rodney King and upwards of 26 white officer stood by and did NOTHING! We have witness white cops shooting the wrong man 41 times many bullets in his feet! There reason they thought a wallet was a gun YEAH RIGHT! In NY we also witness 5 police office black white and Hispanic officers fire over 51 bullets at 3 black unarmed men in a car! Their reason one cop thought he overheard one of the 3 say. They where going to get a gun! So they murder unarmed Sean Bell 4 bullet to his body and fire another 19 bullets into the body of his front seat passenger and three bullets in the backseat passenger! They lived Sean died!