Cop Body Cam was turned off before killing the innocent man, but the phone was caught
A Columbus peace officer has been relieved of duty in the week after shooting an apparently innocent man who was holding nothing but a phone. Neither the victim nor the cop has been identified. However, protests are already within the works. According to police, they received a call Tuesday evening, which they stated as a “non-emergency call,” a couple of men sitting in a car. in keeping with police, the caller said the person was turning the car on and off — which never warrants a call to the police and shouldn’t even warrant a response — as he could’ve simply been functioning on his car. Police responded anyway. in step with police, the person in question was visiting a relative at the house and once they arrived, he walked toward them holding his phone. None of the responding officers had activated their body cameras. Accor...