Deadpool1986
Cook with a Mouth
In a list that is growing shamefully long, we can now officially add “Cosplaying While Black” to the list of ways black men can be killed by the police in America that white men will never have to worry about:
A state autopsy confirmed that police shot Darrien Hunt, a 22-year-old black man who was carrying a replica samurai sword as part of an anime costume, six times. Four of those shots hit him from behind.
The fatal shooting occurred Sept. 10 outside a strip mall in Saratoga Springs, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The official story is that Hunt charged at two officers with the sword, and one of them fired three times. Police fired four more shots as Hunt ran away from them.
Hunt’s family disputes that he attacked the cops, and they say the 2 1/2-foot sword, which did not have a sharp edge, was bought at a gift shop and was purely decorative. Hunt, who left behind notebooks full of manga-style drawings, was wearing a red top and blue pants at the time of his death. He was apparently dressed as Mugen from Samurai Champloo.
Once again, the police were called about a “scary” black man with a weapon and that black man ended up dead. Even worse?
Sykes also said a witness had taken a photo that showed Hunt smiling as he talked to Cpl. Matthew Schauerhamer and Officer Nicholas Judson just before they fatally shot him.
The County Attorney’s Office confirmed that when the officers showed up to respond to a 911 call about a man with a sword, Hunt asked them for a ride.
I can’t wait to hear how the cops were so terrified of a smiling black man with a fake sword that they just had to shoot him four times in the back.
This very moment, I guarantee you there are not-at-all-racist police apologists insisting that Hunt shouldn’t have been walking around in public with a fake sword. Never mind the fact that there is nothing illegal about doing so, Hunt was clearly asking for it what with all that black skin and stuff. Oh, and the autopsy showed no drugs in his system so that excuse won’t cut it this time.
There are reports that Hunt had mental health issues but that only changes this from a “police kill black man in overreaction” story to a “police kill mentally ill man in overreaction” one which is hardly an improvement.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/1...-black-samurai-cosplayer-4-times-in-the-back/
This is who he was cosplaying:
