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Exclusive bodycam footage shows the moment when a Laurel police officer shoots an unarmed suspect in the back while responding to a burglary call last April. In the dramatic video, a group of officers is seen hunting for a suspect. Rashawn Curbeam, now 20, is brought down by a taser and then the officers proceed to surround a building. One of the officers shined his gun mounted light at a door and then fires the gun is his left hand into Curbeam’s back. Immediately, the officers render aid to the wounded man. The officer, whose name has not been released, later explained that he did not intend to shoot Curbeam — he says he unintentionally pulled the trigger when startled.
On Tuesday, a grand jury in Prince George’s County cleared the officer of criminal wrongdoing. Curbeam survived the shooting, but now his attorney says he is being dealt an injustice. “I see it as an unjustified shooting,” Attorney Patrick Preller said. “A justifed shooting is where you have a suspect that’s causing an immediate risk of danger to the officer, but if you look at the video, that’s not what happened.” John Erzen, a spokesman for the Prince George’s State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks, says Curbeam will go on trial next week for the crimes he allegedly committed during the night he was shot. “Our goal here is to hold the defendant accountable for his actions,” said Erzen.
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I have mixed feelings about this. He survived, good, but I’m not sure it was a good shoot. We only see side angles and not what the officer sees.
Murica!
There is no GOD' so DEAL With it…
Shot a man in the back damm
Keep your booger hook off the bang switch
He knew he fucked up lol you can hear it in his voice
why are 90% of these men always black?
Should have been sleeping because he needed to be at work the next day
That cop was pretty bad a duck hunt on the Nintendo too…oh look something's moving pew pew pew
He pulled the trigger when he got scared…lol. Go work at Walmart. Policing not for you.
What the fuck was that……. I Don't know maybe a gun
Not sure how the dude was moving his legs, looked like it went through his spine…
How the fuck can you have a cop admitting that he mistakeningly fired his gun, causing injury, yet he's found to have done NOTHING wrong!??? What in the fuck!??????
Went in small ,came out big
Fucking bootlickers everywhere
I’m not a cop hater. Y any means but… I feel like that officer shot because he was jumpy and got scared, could have handled that better
He shouldn't have been BACK there.
Burglary is not robbery.
It's because hi has afroamerican, not yet?
If he's really a robber i dont mind him dead even without resisting at all
bad police they just kill any
Cleared of charges by grand jury. ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
Baaaaammmm fuk it
Training kicked in. I feel safer now.
Accidentally pulled the trigger eh? Let me be the prosecutor, he clearly raised his gun and fired. Its funny how they dont hold cops to the same standards as CCW carriers
WTF was that? That was a gun shot sir, lol
Gun's defective.
Again, one video adds to how unskilled US police are really. How do these so-called policemen dare to call themselves even police officers.
Dirty fucking pig
Bumb cop wow
Anyone feel bad for the robber?
That cop was unprofessional and that was not justified. I support law enforcement but that was sloppy asf and the fault of the officer. He should have asked for hands and drawn on him but the dudes back was turned and fired without a word.
Munición de fracmentacion….? Hijos de puta!
BASIC FIRE ARMS SAFTY. DON’T KEEP YOUR FINGER IN THE TRIGGER unless you intend to fire the gun.
I feel bad, this guy is going to live with this for the rest of his life.