Community Outraged After Missouri Cops Murder Marquis Rivera & Leave Him Lying Outside for 6 Hours. No Charges Filed.

In a heart-wrenching incident that has ignited outrage across Columbia, Missouri, Marquis Rivera, a 22-year-old facing a mental health crisis, was murdered by local police officers. Despite multiple pleas for help, the tragic encounter on August 4th, 2023, ended with police blowing off Rivera’s kneecap, shooting him in the heart, and leaving his body outside for six hours with no medical attention. It was Rivera’s roommate who returned home from work to find his lifeless body covered in blood, according to the family. Now, after a six month investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Columbia (Missouri) Police Department, the family of Marquis Rivera learned that charges will not be filed against the cops who killed him. The announcement came as a blow to the Rivera family, who had been holding onto hope for justice for Marquis. “We have the body cam footage from the first initial call Marquis made, and we have body camera footage when they killed him. There’s not one point in the body cam footage where we seen Marquis shoot at the officers,” said Marquis’ cousin Janay in a now-viral TikTok that has over 1 million views. “And this is the problem. The problem is...