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The BART Police Department on Wednesday released the full bodycam video from a fatal officer-involved shooting in January that an East Bay family is calling murder and has prompted legal action. The East Bay family of Shaleem Tindle, 28, who was killed in the Jan. 3 shooting is demanding justice after reviewing the officer’s body camera video on Tuesday. The video shows what the BART police officer saw before, during and after he fired his weapon at Tindle, who was scuffling with another man on a sidewalk across the street from the West Oakland BART station. LaRon Mayfield says his brother didn’t do anything to deserve getting shot in the back by BART police Officer Joseph Mateu. “It was an unjustified murder, and it wasn’t right,’ Mayfield said. Mateu responded to a fight near the West Oakland BART station after hearing shots fired. His body camera video shows Tindle and another man wrestling on the ground. Twice Mateu yells, “Raise your hands!” Then gunshots are heard. The officer fires, striking Tindle in the back three times.
“My brother didn’t even know who shot him until he turned around with hands up, and then he saw it was the police,” Mayfield said. “My brother didn’t have no gun in his hand.” The family’s attorney calls the video disturbing, claiming it clearly shows the shooting was not justified. “What we can see is the man’s hands come up and nothing in his hands, at least at the time the police shot him,” attorney John Burris said. But former officer and certified police practices expert Richard Correia points out it’s only a few seconds from a limited view and just one piece of the puzzle. “I don’t see anything on this video that suggests at this point on this video that this was unreasonable,” Correia said. “It’s intense. You can’t tell a lot of things. I don’t think it solves the puzzle of exactly what happened here.” Tindle’s loved ones, however, say the video is convincing, and they want Mateu prosecuted. They’ve also planned on filing a lawsuit against BART police and the officer. “He just went out like a cowboy and shot my brother in the back,” Mayfield said.
BART police Chief Carlos Rojas said in a news conference Wednesday that Mateu was dealing with a fare evader when he heard the gunshots. His bodycam video captures the sounds of the gunshots and later shows the two men struggling over a handgun. “It looks like one individual is trying to pin that gun to the ground,” Rojas said, showing a printed screen shot from the bodycam footage. “And I believe the individual who’s trying to fight for his life has already been shot by Mr. Tindle. Did the officer see this? I don’t know if he did or not; that will come out as part of the criminal investigation. But what I can tell you is this is what the video shows.” Rojas said he called the news conference to dispel some of the misinformation that was being published after portions of the bodycam video were leaked.
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So trippy- immediately recognized this was at west Oakland Bart!
A officer was cleared but a civil suit was awarded $6.3mil.
cops dont care about anyones lives but their own
"A federal jury has ordered BART to pay more than $6 million in damages to the family of a man slain by a BART police officer in 2018, the family’s attorney announced Wednesday.
The officer killed Sahleem Tindle, 28, of Oakland on Jan. 3, 2018 when he refused to drop a gun, police said at the time. The shooting occurred on the 1400 block of Seventh Street across from the West Oakland BART station."
Cop did everything right – good officer.
I don't understand, he shot the wrong one? The shooter was the other one?
He doesn't say "raise your hands," and also doesn't only say something twice.
If somebody ACTUALLY listens to the video, he says "LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS,"
AT LEAST FIVE TIMES
starting at 0:40
Fuck that criminal anf his family. Next time listen to cops you simple fucks
Omg! !!!!!@
Wow! I didn't even see him flip a coin, to make that decision!
Trigger happy cop.
This guy is Robocop! Perfect performance!$
No riot because the cop only shot the white guy
Murder. Bad cop.
Of course his family is gonna try to get paid, they're probably just as shitty as the dumb ass who got shot, just looking for a hand out
Imagine fighting for your life with another man…and suddenly you are shot in the back…lmao f this pig
when a cop has his gun out and asks to see your hands, I would listen, unless you like lead flying through your torso and or head…
Happy trigger.
cop needs to be sentanced to life in prison or death penalty, disgusting pig.
IT TOOK THE COP LIKE 30 SECONDS TO ACTUALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE SHOOTING WHILE EVERYBODY WAS RUNNING!!!
disarm idiot police like this guy
It's unfortunate Mr. Tindle lost his life, but the ironic thing is that if the officer had hesitated any longer and Mr. Tindle shot the other man or someone else, their families would be asking why the officer didn't stop the threat when he had the chance to.
Maybe he should’ve showed his hands instead of putting them to where the officer couldn’t see them this shooting was justified although I wish he didn’t die it’s jsut
Stop breaking the Law Assholes!!!!
did he shoot warning shots? that's a new one from us cops 😀 good job!
The SJWs of far left Oakland are going to eat that poor cops career for breakfast. Fuck the bay area. It's totally gone to shit in every way.
Murder? Just imagine how easy not getting shot for him that day. 1. Dont shoot a gun in public 2. Dont wrestle over a gun in public
HE SHOT THE WRONG GUY!!!!!!
Why did this guy act like he couldn't hear the gunshots in the beginning? lol
TRIGGER HAPPY SICK COPS!
Now there's wheres a cop when you need one
Why don't they give up?
the guy he shot was like
"wtf this guy just rob me now u shoot me ??? worst day evur.."