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Body-cam footage shows Ohio man killed by police after struggle in hospital
Miles Jackson killed after officers conducted pat-down and found gun in his waistband, prompting standoff inside hospital room
www.theguardian.com
Miles Jackson killed after officers conducted pat-down and found gun in his waistband, prompting standoff inside hospital room
Officers conducting a routine pat-down of a man in a hospital emergency room found a gun in his waistband, spurring a struggle over the weapon and a standoff that ended in officers killing him, according to police body-camera footage released on Wednesday.
Officers had been searching Miles Jackson, a black man, at the hospital on Monday in preparation for a custody exchange over warrants he had out for his arrest. Jackson began to struggle with the two officers after one of them felt the gun, video showed.
One of the officers used a stun gun on Jackson after they fell to the floor, while the other attempted to pull Jackson’s hands away from his waistband. A shot can then be heard in the video, apparently from the gun in Jackson’s waistband.
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Another one bights the dust. Carrying a loaded pistol in a hospital ER might be a try at suicide by cop.