Akron cops shot Gayland Walker unarmed more than 40 times, autopsy shows

An Ohio medical examiner revealed Friday that Jayland Walker — a 25-year-old black man who was unarmed when she was killed by Akron police last month — was shot more than 40 times by cops. Dr. Lisa Koehler, a medical examiner in Summit County, said Walker sustained 41 entry injuries and five other grazing wounds, with “many very devastating injuries that would cause death.” On June 27, Walker died in a hail of gunfire after fleeing police, who initially tried to stop him for an alleged traffic violation. Police Chief…

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Jayland Walker grief in Akron with casket open after brutal police murder

On Wednesday, Pamela Walker was preparing to see her son Gayland for the first time since cops unleashed dozens of rounds in Akron, Ohio, killing the 25-year-old black man after a passing hiatus and weeks of brutal police protests erupted. The Walker memorial began earlier Wednesday with what was described as an open sarcophagus display, drawing comparisons To Emmett Till, the 14-year-old black boy whose horrific kidnapping and murder sparked the civil rights movement in the 1950s. The casket seemed to be locked when the funeral procedures began around 1…

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Shocking footage shows Akron cops killing an unarmed Gayland Walker in a bulletproof area

Police in Akron, Ohio, have released heartbreaking body camera footage showing the moment an unarmed 25-year-old black man was shot more than 60 times by cops. One of the videos shown at a press conference on Sunday shows Jayland Walker pleading while being pursued on foot by eight officers. They pursue him for several seconds before turning around, at which point the cops unleash a hail of fire on him. Police Chief Stephen Millett confirmed Sunday that Walker was unarmed when the police were killed. He had a handgun and…

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Chicago police attorney Noah Ball says his teen’s cellphone thought the teen’s cellphone was a gun

Noah Ball, the Chicago policeman who fatally shot and seriously injured an unarmed 13-year-old black boy and raised his hands last month, thought the teen’s mobile phone was a pistol, according to a lawyer representing the officer. “The ball didn’t have cover, it didn’t have hide – it had to make a decision in a split second,” Timothy Grace told The Daily Beast in an interview Tuesday night. “Now my poor client is in a situation – now he has to live with this, as he had to shoot a…

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