This Black Man Was Shot to Death by the Cops After Calling Police for Help
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/kevin-davis-called-cops-help-out-friend-trouble-and-was-shot-death-police-hisBoth Edwards and neighbors on the scene claim they did not hear Officer Pitts order Davis to put down his weapon before hearing gunshots. Police have stated that Davis was told to drop his firearm, and refused to do so. After the shooting, Edwards came out, saying, “What have you done? Why did you shoot him?” ...
Over the next two days, during his stay at the hospital, Davis’s family made numerous attempts to speak with him, both in person and over the phone, but they were denied by police, who said he was “in police custody.” Davis was not allowed to have outside contact, which reportedly evoked frustration on behalf of attending doctors. On December 31, Davis died from his injuries sustained at the hands of Officer Pitts. “It’s heartbreaking to us,” said his sister, Delisa Davis, “that he had to die alone, that he died with the identity of a criminal. He was 44, and had never been convicted of any crime.”
The family has said they were repeatedly blocked from seeing Davis until they were notified, without condolences, that he had “expired.” A representative of DeKalb County Police allegedly said to them, “You can go see him now.”
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had that upheld by SCOTUS. 
Hope they're taking the case pro bono.
It is being treated like a fashion trend or some bad Uncle in a family that lets him get away with stuff.
The brutality and murder involved is bad enough, but the fact that it continues as if the pipes of justice are frozen and nothing can get through, now that's telling. I know it has been said before, but if we cannot get justice and a moratorium on police violence in general and sociopathic police behavior, then we are all at risk, well, if we don't have the immunity that money provides, that is. Police should be professional and held accountable for behavior that deviates from general public safety.
They have no excuse other than what appears to be a form of cowardice in the line of duty. Firefighters will risk their lives to save people in the line of duty. In the military, service people will risk their lives for their country and each other. The excuse that these so-called police officers were in fear of their own safety sounds more like a bully's excuse and a way to make acting unprofessional seem like something other than being a thug who has little self control or even skills to deescalate a situation or assure that people are not killed or hurt if possible. That would be serve and protect, not the current shoot and persecute.
While police brutality and homicides are not new, this is all coming at a time when our police forces are becoming fully militarized and practicing SWAT military home invasions for even trivial matters, (like evictions in Oregon) while leaving child and adult trauma, dead pets and people, trashed homes, and other atrocities in their wake.
I don't know how anyone really feels safe with that and how we can collectively watch it without due concern as to how it impacts each of us and our families and friends.
