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Protests Erupt In The US After Police Shoot A 16 Year Old Boy 'Armed' With A Broomstick

Protests erupted after news of the shooting
Protests erupted after news of the shooting

The practices of US police is set to come under scrutiny again after another shooting involving police and a teenager who should never have been shot in the first place.
How you interpret someone with a broomstick as a threat to be shot is beyond comprehension- especially if you consider the person is a 16 year old.
Residents of Salt Lake City erupted into violent protests Saturday night after police shot a 16 year old boy holding a broomstick.
The police were responding to a different call when they came upon two boys arguing with an older man, the Daily Mail reports.
The 16 year old was asked to drop his broomstick, at which point he was shot in the chest and stomach.
The other boy with the victim, Salam Mohammed, said police did not give his friend time to respond when they shot him.
“The police said ‘drop it’ once, then they shot him four times,” Mohammed told Fox News.
“We were trying to break it up before the police even came, but the police ran in on foot and pulled their guns out already, they already had them, like, as soon as he was running he was already grabbing for his gun, not even trying to Tase him or anything…
“He said ‘drop it’ [then] boom boom! Four times.”
The victim was rushed to hospital, although police have not released any details on his condition, or who fired the shots.
After the incident, some irate residents of the city clashed with police, hurling bottles and other dangerous items at them. Police called in more reinforcements to secure the area.



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