Disconcerting moment when a group of police officers kill to death a 20-year-old man

A young rapper of 20 years died in California at the hands of the police after receive about 25 shots. This fact generated a commotion in part of American society and was denounced by the victim's family.

Complaining lawyer, Melissa Nold, said six Vallejo policemen had shot her Willie McCoy in the face, in the throat, chest, left ear, arms and shoulders.

"There is no evidence to justify this level of strength and there is no possible reason why you have to shoot someone so many times, "he said. It was almost as if they were practicing target shooting. "

While everything happened on February 6, the images recorded by the cameras They carried the recently spread agents.

Nold said that McCoy, who used Willie Bo as a stage name, was in the music recording house when, after midnight, he decided to go eat in a Taco Bell.

The police indicated thatThey received a call from the establishment on a Mercedes-Benz parked in the channel leading to self-service in the window (driving service) with the engine turned on and a man as fainting, with the head on the steering wheel.

Officers they noticed the gun in the car and they studied the plan of action when, according to his version, McCoy woke up, searched for the rifle and ignored the "hands up" order.

"Fearing for their safety, six officers fired with service weapons," said Vallejo's authority in a statement.

Without justification

Nold explained, as he explained, that nothing justifies this answer. "It's the kind of force you use in shootout," he insisted.

He added that given the circumstances could have taken a stand protect and wake up the victim using the patrol siren or horn. "If he was supposed to be armed, why did they stay in front of him?", He questioned.

The McCoy shootout follows a series of similarly suspected incidents police brutality in the United States during the last years. This is not the first time that the Vallejo Police Department is being examined as a result of allegations of excessive use of force.

A video showed an officer that a man on the ground had repeatedly hit him in the face. In another, we see a policeman hitting a man with his flashlight while a partner handcuffs him.