Police Shootings / Possible Abuse Threads [merged]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Anchorage police officer who fired his gun in last month’s deadly police shooting that left a teenage girl dead was cleared Monday by investigating prosecutors.
Content Warning: This article and related video contains details that some readers might find disturbing.
A review by the Office of Special Prosecutions said Officer Alexander Roman was “legally justified” in using deadly force when he pulled the trigger Aug. 13, killing 16-year-old Easter Leafa in a University Area apartment where her family lived.
Shortly after the decision came out Monday, the Anchorage Police Department released body cam footage from the night of the shooting, including a narrated version from Police Chief Sean Case as well as raw video on its social pages.
Leafa was holding a knife when officers showed up at the Greenbriar Apartments late on the night of Aug. 13 after her family called APD.
Leafa did not obey officer’s commands to drop the knife, and after being hit by a “less lethal projectile” by police, began to approach them, prompting Roman to fire his gun.
"and after being hit by a “less lethal projectile” by police, began to approach them, prompting Roman to fire his gun."
That is just a LIE!!!! If you look closely, you can actually see the "less than lethal" round being fired by the cop to the right of the killer. Officer Roman fired his .40 Cal in response to the sound of the "less than lethal" weapon being fired. I guarantee you that the bullets from the .40 Cal hit her before that bean-bag did.
If you get a chance to view the whole video, her mom offered to go get her from the balcony because she knows her daughter and she could get her to calm down. The sister she was fighting with called the police without telling anyone that she did so.