Family demands answers after man ‘with his hands up’ was shot dead by Georgia cops
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He’s not dumb.” The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is now investigating the shooting at the request of local police, said in a statement Jenkins had “outstanding warrants” for unspecified crimes. “During the ensuing altercation, the suspect, who was armed with a gun, was shot,” the Cobb County police said in a statement. open image in gallery Georgia officials are investigating the police shooting of a Black man identified as Nathain Jenkins who family said had his hands up Darlland Jackson, Jenkins’ father, said the 32-year-old called him and said he was in some kind of unspecified trouble. Since 2016, Cobb County police fatally shot 21 people, two-thirds of them Black and Hispanic, according to a Washington Post database, in an area with a more than 50 percent white population.
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