Man Acquitted After Shooting at a Police Officer Because the Cop Shot First for No Reason

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 The Freethought Project   By Matt Agorist -August 10, 2018

Surveillance footage from outside of an Akron nightclub last year has just been released showing the moment Jamon Pruiett picked up a licensed handgun and fired it at some who just shot at him. Pruiett was later arrested for the shooting because the person he shot back at was a cop.

Now, however, nearly a year after the shooting, Pruiett has been acquitted for the felony charge of shooting at an officer.

According to police, an officer opened fire on Pruiett and his brother Latrent Redrick outside of the Zar nightclub because they were threatening patrons and officers with a gun.

However, the attorney for one of the brothers points to the video which he says does not show the two brothers threatening anyone. According to the video and the attorney, the gun is never seen until the officer opened fire on the brothers causing Rederick’s gun to fall from his waistband.

“You just don’t shoot someone four times in the back with a gun in their side,” says Terry Gilbert, who represents Latrent Redrick. “I think that this officer violated every protocol as to the justification of use of force.”

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With nothing else to go by, I'd say the cop was in the wrong.

[ABX]

Sounds like the right decision. He, as a citizen, had every right to defend himself from an unlawful action and the police officer has the extra burden of responsibility due to his authority and training.