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Report into Pasadena police killing of unarmed teenager Kendrec McDade to be published
Source: The Observer
Report into Pasadena police killing of unarmed teenager Kendrec McDade to be published
Elizabeth Day
Sunday 25 October 2015 00.05 BST
An independent report into the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in California is finally to be published after a three-year battle.
Kendrec McDade, 19, was shot dead on the street in Pasadena in 2012 by two police officers. The officers believed McDade had been involved in the theft of a laptop at gunpoint, although no weapon was ever found and the victim of the robbery later admitted he had lied to police about the gun in order to get them to respond faster.
A report into the police officers’ actions conducted by the Office of Independent Review (OIR), a civilian oversight group, has never been made public despite a lengthy battle by McDade’s mother, Anya Slaughter, and civil rights organisations.
In an exclusive interview with the Observer last week, Ms Slaughter accused the police of a cover-up and said they had “assassinated my son”.
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Elizabeth Day
Sunday 25 October 2015 00.05 BST
An independent report into the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in California is finally to be published after a three-year battle.
Kendrec McDade, 19, was shot dead on the street in Pasadena in 2012 by two police officers. The officers believed McDade had been involved in the theft of a laptop at gunpoint, although no weapon was ever found and the victim of the robbery later admitted he had lied to police about the gun in order to get them to respond faster.
A report into the police officers’ actions conducted by the Office of Independent Review (OIR), a civilian oversight group, has never been made public despite a lengthy battle by McDade’s mother, Anya Slaughter, and civil rights organisations.
In an exclusive interview with the Observer last week, Ms Slaughter accused the police of a cover-up and said they had “assassinated my son”.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/25/pasadena-police-killing-teenager
