#BlackLivesMatter California Cops Fatally Shoot Mentally Disabled Man That Witnesses Say Had His Hands Up. PHOTOS

A new police shooting is being reported in El Cajon, California. A man that friends say suffered from mental illness was gunned down by police after authorities claim he “rapidly pulled out an object” and stood in a “shooting stance.”

CNN reports:

A black man has died after police shot him in El Cajon, California, sparking protests in the suburb northeast of San Diego.
On Tuesday afternoon, El Cajon police responded to a 911 call regarding an African-American man in his 30s who reportedly was behaving “erratically” behind a restaurant at the Broadway Village Shopping Center, Lt. Rob Ransweiler said.
According to the call, the man was “not acting like himself” and had been walking in traffic in a manner that endangered himself and motorists, police Chief Jeff Davis said.

“When (officers) contacted him, he failed to comply with the directives that he was given,” Ransweiler said.
Instead, Davis said the man kept his hands concealed in his pockets while pacing back and forth.
As a second officer prepared a Taser, the man “rapidly drew an object,” placed both hands on it “like you would be holding a firearm” and stood in a “shooting stance,” according to police.
In response, one officer fired his gun at the man, while a second officer discharged his Taser, Davis said. It’s not clear if the man was armed.


Officers did NOT find a firearm at the scene and won’t say what the actual object was that the man was holding.
Despite police reports, witnesses are adamant that the man had his hands up, or at least to his side at the time of the shooting.
Via NBC San Diego:

“Michael Ray Rodriguez witnessed the shooting as it unfolded right in front of him.
“When I seen the suspect, he had his hands up,” Rodriguez said holding his arms out to the side. “I seen two officers with their firearm on him.”“The man’s hands are up. No shirt,” he added. “He didn’t have no shirt.”

The victim has not been identified, but there’s a woman claiming to be his sister who allegedly called authorities to help her mentally ill sibling.

Source Bossip