MI Police Release Video of a White Cop Shooting a Black Man in the Back in a Store Parking Lot, a Real Terrorism [the implementation of the principle of limited liability] Incident. Cop Not Charged
From [HERE] Video footage recorded inside a Meijer store on April 25 appears to show that 20-year-old DeAnthony VanAtten went through the self-checkout lane before being chased from the store and shot by police in the parking lot.
East Lansing police on Monday released 12 video clips taken from interior store surveillance cameras, including a brief clip that appears to show VanAtten buying something before running from the store with officers in pursuit.
Some of the clips show only normal shopping activity, while others show VanAtten running in the store or officers moving toward him. In some videos, an officer can be seen carrying a stun gun while chasing VanAtten.
One video appears to show VanAtten buying something, using a card and putting a receipt in the grocery bag. Although previously released video showed he was holding a white grocery bag as he ran from the store, police have not said he had gone through checkout.
They have declined to say what crime was being investigated when the shooting happened, citing the ongoing investigation.
The city released video captured by police body cameras and a dash camera on May 5. Recordings of the initial 911 calls about a man with a gun were released on Friday.
In a Monday afternoon news release, East Lansing Police Chief Kim Johnson said the interior footage was released "as part of ELPD's ongoing commitment to transparency in this case and to accommodate a request made by the East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission."
In the videos, the faces of some store customers or employees were obscured to protect their privacy, he said. The videos can be viewed on the city's website.