Jazmir Tucker, Age 15
Shot by Akron Police late on Thanksgiving Day, 2024
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Only one news account has verified keys questions, when, exactly, was Tazmir shot, and how many times. According to Bruce Buyakie, in the 12/6/24 Akron Journal News, Officer Millers shot him approximately seven times over three seconds, with an assault rifle, prior to the audio of the bodycam. That story is here: https://tinyurl.com/BuyakieAccount and is in the set of items in the link above.
It is difficult to see this from the video, but Buyakie is to be commended for his careful analysis. From my listening to the audio, the officer repeatedly claimed Jazmire raised his hand. Approximately 7 minutes elapsed after the shooting before the numerous responding officers reached Jazmir’s prone body.
This latest Lagniappe section will have links to news coverage related to the Akron police shooting of Jazmir Tucker, 15, the day before Thanksgiving. Signal Akron seems to be covering this regularly: https://signalakron.org/.
This New York Times account https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/us/akron-police-shooting-jazmir-tucker.html?unlocked_article_code=1.f04.vxBE.GHvFDpgM5Jy2&smid=url-share raises some very serious concerns.
Reading it leads this reader to conclude that the actual shot or shots which took Jazmir Tucker’s life were fired just before or at the very beginning of the approximately seven minutes during which the released video elapsed, while the officers kept repeating the demand that the fallen youth move his hands to his side, while they positioned themselves at an undetermined but apparently considerable distance from where he lay, his gun zipped up in side his zipped up jacket. It seems to me the media must be persistently raising questions directly to all involved. There is a need for a timeline of the events that night.
This YouTube of interviews by WKYC is important: