#California #police #kill double amputee who was fleeing: ‘Scared for his #life’
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/31/anthony-lowe-police-killing-amputee-huntington-park
“He was running away from them as if he was scared for his life,” said Ebonique Simon, the mother of Anthony’s son, who said that he may have had a knife on him for protection. “This could have been handled in any other way. But they chose gunfire as the resolution to the problem. That is insane … The police are supposed to be upholding the law, and we’re supposed to trust them with our lives, but how can we, if they do something like this?”
