A Los Angeles County police department is facing intense criticism after a video surfaced on social media of two officers fatally shooting a double amputee moving away from them.
A frame of video showing two Huntington Park Police officers pointing their guns at 36-year-old Anthony Lowe Jr., a double amputee, moments before he was shot and killed by police. video surfaced on social media of two officers fatally shootingThe short video showed the 36-year-old Black man, Anthony Lowe Jr., missing the bottom halves of both legs, holding a knife but leaving his wheelchair and shuffling away from the officers.
The family of double amputee Anthony Lowe Jr. is demanding answers as to why Huntington Park police officers shot and killed a man whose lower legs were amputated last year. The two officers eventually fired about 10 rounds at Lowe, according to the Huntington Park Police Department’s Lt. Hugo Reynaga, whoLowe’s family doesn’t accept the police explanation and they are pushing for the officers to be charged in his death. Lowe’s sister Yatoya Toy told the Times that his legs were amputated “after an altercation with law enforcement in Texas, and that the family also has questions about that incident.
Keyenie Jackson, in red hoodie, center, sister of Anthony Lowe, comforts Arian Lowe, 15, daughter of Anthony Lowe, Jan. 30. The brief cellphone footage of the police chasing Lowe does not capture the shooting, and details about the incident are scarce. Reynaga said the names of the officers would be released in the coming days. He said Huntington Park officers don’t wear body cameras.
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