The Detroit Free Press: Detroit police bodycam video shows officer chase, shoot man in back
This is a likely lawful but ugly police defensive shooting of a fleeing armed felon.
It really doesn't help when the officer's command to stop and drop the weapon is not "Stop and Drop the Weapon!" but instead is:
“I’m ‘bout to shoot you, b–ch,” repeatedly, Detroit police body camera video shows.
“B--ch, come here b--ch, I’m ‘bout to shoot you, I’m ‘bout to shoot you, I’m ‘bout to shoot you b–-ch, I’m ‘bout to shoot you, b–-ch, “I’m ‘bout to –”
Yep that's a very non-standard string of commands that end in: Bang.
Officer David Gonzalez fires four times, hitting the 18-year-old in the back as he runs through a downtown parking lot before the June 22 Ford Fireworks event, Gonzalez’s body camera footage obtained by the Free Press shows. Lee-Perkins survived.Police have said Lee-Perkins’ hands made him look armed and that Gonzalez fired because he feared for his safety and the safety of others.
Even in Detroit, these are not appropriate commands to give to an armed fleeing felon and they really didn't help in the matter.
Yes, the felon in question was indeed, illegally concealing a firearm in his waistband and likely reaching toward it at the time. He fled from police while armed, and he got shot in what appears to be a furtive movement shooting. However, police and indeed armed civilians are held to a better standard than saying "B--ch, come here b--ch, I’m ‘bout to shoot you" as a defensive command.









