The same police who had asked her for help killed her: It happened to Niani Finlayson, an African-American nurse from Los Angeles who had called 911 to report her ex-partner's violence. A brutal, gratuitous murder immortalized by videos captured on the body camera provided to the officers themselves. The call from the murdered 27-year-old (mother of a 9-year-old girl) was answered by Deputy Sheriff Ty Shelton, who, along with two colleagues, went to the crime scene with a stun gun in one hand and a real weapon in the other. It didn't take long for him to act: a handful of seconds and he fired the shots at the woman, who had a kitchen knife and was holding her ex-boyfriend by the arm. “I was just about to stab him,” she told officers immediately after opening the door, admitting her desperation. At the time of the shooting, he was four meters away from Shelton and in front of his daughter. The ex-boyfriend, who remained seated, began screaming, “No! Why did you shoot? The murder occurred in Lancaster, a suburb north of Los Angeles. And it soon sparked a new wave of outrage in public opinion, including in the face of a precedent that led many to scream racism: Three years ago, Shelton had coldly shot and killed a 61-year-old African American, Michael Thomas, in a domestic dispute even in this case, after police intervention had been requested. What fascinates him this time are the videos that date back to the evening of December 4th: while he was waiting for the images to be completed, he was suspended.
Also read:
