Dallas Police
Dallas police on Friday released video of a struggle with a drug suspect who was shot to death three seconds after they say he raised and then tossed away a gun. Members of the Dallas Community Police Oversight Board are raising questions about whether cops needed to use lethal force on Kyle Dail during an arrest inside a gas station. “We have seen nationwide that white men armed with military grade weaponry who had just committed, at the time unimaginable atrocities, are apprehended without a bullet being discharged. One Black man with a handgun cannot be apprehended the same way?” board Chairman Jesuorobo Enobakhare Jr. said in a statement, according to The Dallas Morning News. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia defended his officers, saying, “It’s something that the officer perceived as a threat for an individual... this was not discretionary in my view.”