Tuesday night in Phoenix, Arizona saw yet another unarmed African American man being shot by a police officer. This seems to be an epidemic over the last few months, and locals are crying out in protest. The victim was was a 34 year old man named Rumain Brisbon. A member of the local police force named Sgt. Trent Crump was brought to the scene of the crime by a call informing him that Brisbon was involved in drug deal in that parking lot.
The police officer involved said that he repeatedly asked Brisbon to show his hands and when he refused, putting them in his pockets instead, the officer grabbed his hands. Mistakenly feeling the handle of a gun in Brisbon's pocket, the officer told him to leave his hands in his pockets. When the victim moved his hands, he was shot twice in the torso. Further investigation has found that Brisbon was completely unarmed (although there was a gun in his SUV along with a jar of marijuana).
Seeing their city reflect the recent events of cities like Ferguson, New York City, and Cleveland has made locals and family members of Brisbon very angry and they are determined to find justice. More than 100 people took part in a march for Rumain Brisbon to the police department to demand the name of the officer involved, and to make an attempt to put an end to the racism police brutality across the country. There is an investigation of the situation happening now to determine whether or not Sgt. Crump was justified in shooting Brisbon.
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