[Levin]

By JOHN RABY
today


CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Jason Arnie Owens helped carry his father’s casket to the hearse, then turned to embrace a relative. He never made it to the cemetery.

As mourners gathered outside a northern West Virginia funeral home on Aug. 24, two plainclothes officers with a fugitive warrant swooped in from separate vehicles, called Owens’ name and shot him dead, spattering his 18-year-old son’s shirt with blood as horrified loved ones looked.

“There was no warning whatsoever,” family friend Cassandra Whitecotton said.

In the blink of an eye, stunned friends and family already mourning one member lost another. Now, they want answers — not just why Owens was shot but why the encounter happened the way it did.


https://apnews.com/article/shootings-wes...058e97c618

[Alam]

White man! Fancy that!

[sgbuffett]

If guy was black there will be protests and riots.

I always view BLM movement skeptically as it is as much driven by racism as they accuse others of it.

Police violence is a problem in America but it is part of a bigger violence problem.

[sgbuffett]

He was. shot because he took out a gun.
What did they expect the police to do?

[Levin]

He was. shot because he took out a gun.
What did they expect the police to do?

The agency also said in a statement that he had a gun when members of a fugitive task force approached. Multiple witnesses contend that’s not true.

https://apnews.com/article/shootings-wes...058e97c618