policeaccountability: JUSTICE FOR DARRIUS STEWART In 2015, 19-year-old Darrius Stewart was a passeng
JUSTICE FOR DARRIUS STEWART
In 2015, 19-year-old Darrius Stewart was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by Memphis police officers for a broken headlight. Officers let the driver of the vehicle go with a ticket, but detainedDarrius in the back of a patrol car while they ran his name to look for outstanding warrants.
After coming up with some, officer Connor Shilling tried to handcuff Darrius, but apparently did so incorrectly. Police allege that Darrius struggled and swung the handcuffs back at Officer Shilling, so Officer Shilling drew his gun and fired. Darrius was taken to a hospital in critical condition and died there; Officer Shilling, on the other hand, only had a few cuts and bruises which did not need much medical attention.
Darrius’s mother has stated that her son had never been arrested, and that the warrants were for someone else with the same name, a fact that officers had brought to her attention before. The police could not confirm if the warrants they tried to arrest Darrius Stewart for were actually for him. (Memphis, Tennessee)
Please join us in demanding justice for Darrius and other victims of police violence!
Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:38:50
