‘Why’d You Shoot Me?’: Black Man Files Claim Against Police Who Shot Him with Bean Bags and Allowed K-9 to Maul Him Despite Surrendering with Hands In Air

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San Diego police claimed Marcus Evans was “repeatedly ordered” to surrender which he refused to do and why they had to unleash their dogs to maul him as well as shoot him multiple times with beanbags. But video evidence proves otherwise. Marcus Evans was unarmed with his hands in the air when San Diego police shot him with bean bags and allowed a police dog to maul him for at least 30 seconds. (Photo: Screenshots from Sideo.TV video) Now Evans, a 31-year-old Black man who was unarmed during the attack, has filed a claim against the city which is the first step in filing a lawsuit. In fact, an internal complaint was first filed by a veteran officer who was not on the scene but apparently watched the video and realized fellow officers abused and tortured Evans despite him not being a threat, said Dante Pride, the attorney representing Evans, according to KGTV. “He lays out the case why they shouldn’t have been firing these weapons in this instance,” Pride said. “We are here to show this community cares. We are standing for our brother, and we will fight for him.” But San Diego police spokesperson Ashley Nicholes gave the...

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