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Fresh Outrage As US Police Kills Another Unarmed Blackman
The killing of an unarmed African-American man by police in the US city of Columbus, Ohio sparked a fresh wave of outrage this week against racial injustice and police brutality in the country.
Andre Maurice Hill, 47, was in the garage of a house on Monday night when he was shot several times by a police officer who had been called to the scene for a minor incident.
AFP reports that bodycam footage shows Hill walking towards the policeman holding a cell phone in his left hand, while his other hand cannot be seen.
Seconds later, the officer fired and Hill collapsed.
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The footage has no sound and it is not clear why the officer, Adam Coy, fired. Hill was not carrying a weapon.
Coy and his colleague waited several minutes before approaching the victim, who was still alive, but died later.
According to local media reports, Coy had previously received complaints of excessive force.
A wake will be held Thursday in memory of Hill, the second African-American killed by police in Columbus in less than three weeks.
Casey Goodson Jr, 23, was shot several times on December 4 while returning home. His family say he was holding a sandwich in his hand which law enforcement mistook for a gun.
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