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Florida Police Officer Shoots Black Man in Back Over Mistaken Cell Phone

ByCCNM

Apr 25, 2015

By Terry Shropshire, National Correspondent

A South Florida police officer is under intense scrutiny and the subject of a lawsuit after he paralyzed a young black man by shooting him in the back multiple times because he thought the cell phone in his hand was a gun.

Dontrell Stephens, 20, was reportedly riding his bike in …read more

Source: Chicago Defender

Category: Atlanta, black man shot in back, cell phone, dontrell stepehens, officer adam lin, palm beach police, south florida

By CCNM

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