WARNING: GRAPHIC ⚠️ Cops in California shot and killed a disabled Black man who was trying to get away from them.
Anthony Lowe Jr., 36, was a double amputee and his family deserves justice.pic.twitter.com/eKOgolu8XT
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) January 31, 2023
California cops shot dead double amputee Anthony Lowe Jr on Thursday as he tries to run away from them on his stumps
Police department says officers feared he was going to throw his knife at them
The cops involved had been placed on leave for a few days pic.twitter.com/XqTBPSzKcs
— Ronald Kelly (@RonK3l) February 1, 2023
Related: Memphis Police Disband Black “Brotherhood of Scorpions” That Killed My Boy Tire
How do the cops know to go out and kill black people when it’s time for a BLM riot?
This has never been clear to me.
A southern California police department is facing national backlash after footage revealed that officers fatally shot a double amputee and wheelchair user who appeared to be hobbling away on the ground before he was killed.
Anthony Lowe, 36, was killed by officers in Huntington Park, a city in southern Los Angeles county, last Thursday. Cellphone footage captured part of the incident, showing Lowe on a sidewalk next to his wheelchair appearing to try to flee as two officers approach him with weapons drawn. More police cars arrived as the officers followed Lowe, who seemed to be limping away, but the video did not capture the shooting.
Now, Lowe’s family is calling for officers to be terminated and face murder charges.
“I’m heartbroken, and filled with anger and rage,” Tatiana Jackson, his younger sister, told the Guardian on Tuesday. “I just can’t understand why they would do that to someone in a wheelchair. I want somebody to explain to me what was the reason that you had to gun down a guy who has no legs.”
Lowe was a father of two and one of eight siblings in a tight-knit family, and he had been struggling recently after he had to have both legs amputated, his family said.
The circumstances preceding the killing are unclear, and officials have faced scrutiny as their narrative has appeared to shift. The Huntington Park police department said in a statement that officers were responding to reports of a stabbing allegedly committed by someone in a wheelchair at around 3.40pm on Thursday, and that they encountered Lowe, who was in a wheelchair and who they believed was the suspect.
The department claimed that officers attempted to detain him, alleging he ignored commands and “threatened to advance or throw the knife at the officers”, although the limited witness footage did not capture this. The department further said that officers “deployed two separate Tasers in an attempt to subdue the suspect”, but when “the Tasers were ineffective”, they shot him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The LA sheriff’s department, which is investigating the killing, said in an initial statement that Lowe attempted to “throw the knife at the officers”, but a spokesperson later told the LA Times that Lowe “did not throw the knife ultimately, but he made the motion multiple times over his head like he was going to throw the knife”. The spokesperson also said that two officers had fired roughly 10 rounds at Lowe, who was hit in the torso. The Huntington Park department does not use body cameras.
This is another one, like the Memphis case, where the cops are clearly in the wrong.
In general, I’m siding with black criminals against the cops at this point, because no black criminal ever shut down my business or tried to force me to wear a mask or take a deadly vaccine.
But it’s very interesting that these events happen when the media is promoting black riots.
How does that timing work so well?