‘I’ll Shoot You In the F—ing Face!’: D.C Cop Shoots and Kills Black Man Sleeping In His Car After Startling Him, Video Shows 

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Washington, D.C., police officers said they shot and killed Justin Robinson because he grabbed hold of an officer’s gun after he was roused from sleep inside his car, which had crashed into the side of a McDonald’s earlier this month. But the body camera video released Monday by the Metropolitan Police Department shows the officer sticking his gun into the driver’s side window, telling Robinson, “I’ll shoot you in the f—ing face,” before Robinson grabs hold of the barrel of the gun – in what appears to be an attempt to avoid getting shot in the face. But that cop and a second cop fired more than 10 times, killing the 26-year-old Black man who was employed as a “violence interruptor” for Cure the Streets, according to the Washington Post. Cure the Streets is a public safety program launched by the city’s attorney general’s office “aimed at reducing gun violence,” according to the attorney general’s website. A Washington D.C. police officer named Brian Gilchrist fired at least 10 shots, killing a 26-year-old Black man named Justin Robinson. (Photo: Robinson family and body cam screenshot) Now, Robinson’s family has retained an attorney. “He woke up to a firearm inches from his...

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