Texas protest demands justice in police killing of black teen
People in the US State of Texas have staged a demonstration, calling for justice for a black teenager who was fatally shot by a police officer in early February.
The protesters gathered in front of City Hall in Austin and chanted slogans against US police brutality. They also called on the police chief of Austin to fire Geoffrey Freeman, the cop who killed David Joseph last month.
Protesters chanted, "No justice, no peace" or "Justice for David Joseph."
The 17-year-old high school student was unarmed when he was gunned down. Joseph’s death has sparked a new wave of protests and rallies against police violence and racial profiling.
"First of all, there was a naked unarmed teenager that was shot by the Austin police department. It was an injustice in regards to how the system is, in regards to black people here in Austin, Texas, and not even in Austin, Texas, but everywhere. The treatment of Black people in police brutality is escalating daily," Said one activist at the Thursday rally.
Back in February, Austin police said they received a call about a naked black male acting erratically in the area.
The officer who killed the teen claimed that Joseph, who was naked and unarmed at the time, charged at him, causing him to open fire and kill the teen.
Last October, US President Barack Obama admitted that police violence against African Americans was a “real” and “legitimate” issue that needed to be addressed.
A string of police killings of unarmed African Americans has led to the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement and raised nationwide debates about police violence.
Numerous demonstrations have been held across the country following white police officers killing unarmed African-American men, including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri; Tamir Rice in Cleveland, Ohio; Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York, all in 2014, and Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina last year.
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