Police again shoots black person in US, 30 policemen injured during demonstration

Demonstrations have started once again in the US after the death of a black person from a police bullet. The man named Walter Wallace Jr. was just 27 years of age and the police have accused him of having a handgun.




Washington. A new case of violence against a 27-year-old black man by police in Philadelphia (Philadelphia) and later shot him has come to light. The man’s name is Walter Wallace Jr. and he died of a police bullet. A large number of people demonstrated on Tuesday against this incident and more than 30 policemen were also injured during the stone pelting. On the other hand, the police say that the man I had had a knife in his hand, so had to retaliate.

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According to CNNViolent demonstrations have started after this incident in which 30 officers have been injured and many people have been arrested. Police spokeswoman Tanya Little said that the police had received information on Monday that a person had a weapon in his hand. Police were called to the Cobbs Creek area where officers confronted Walter Wallace with a knife in his hand. The spokesman said that officers asked Wallace to throw the knife, but he kept moving towards them. Both officers fired several times in the air, but were forced to shoot him. Little said that he was taken to the hospital in a police car where he was declared dead.

Violent demonstration
The Philadelphia Inquirer has reported that hundreds of people took to the streets in the early hours of Monday night and Tuesday to protest against the incident. The conversation between the protesters and the police once became violent. It is seen in the video that many people are screaming and crying over the officers. Police vehicles and dustbins were set on fire. At the same time, the police struggled to control the crowd. Earlier in August, the police shot and killed a man trying to enter a convenience store in Louisiana. This incident has been captured as video in the camera. The provincial ACLU condemned the incident as a dangerous and shocking police violence against a black person.

It is noteworthy that 46-year-old African American George Floyd died in police custody in the US in May this year. After this there were fierce demonstrations in many countries of the world along with America. In the US, the news agency Reuters had released data about deaths due to police. According to statistics, from the years 2000 to 2018, 1,081 people died due to the use of Tazers by the police. The surprising thing is that among these dead, 32 percent were black while 29 percent were white people.

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