Footage shows victim fleeing after police arrived in unmarked car and drew their guns
, fatally shot a 23-year-old man on Saturday as he was fleeing, according to surveillance footage that shows an officer firing just seconds after arriving in an unmarked vehicle.from a parking lot in San Bernardino, a city an hour east of Los Angeles, shows two officers driving up in an unmarked car about 8pm as Robert Adams stood in the lot. As soon as two officers exited the car, Adams turned away from them and ran.
Robert Adams’s mother, Tamika Deavila King, said, ‘He was not a threat to them. He was running for his life.’Audwin King, Adams’s stepfather, told the Guardian: “We want full justice for our son. We want cops like that off of the force. Police are supposed to protect and serve, not hunt and kill, and we can see that is what that man did. My stepson didn’t have a chance to defend himself, and the officer jumped out with the intention to gun him down like a dog in the streets.
“It is unbelievable that another Black family has to bury their child due to police shooting first and asking questions later,” the two lawyers said in a statement. “Robert appeared to be simply walking around the parking lot when officers exited their unmarked vehicle firing their weapons at him immediately. Robert never even had a chance to explain himself.”
The victim’s father, also named Robert Adams, said the officer should step down: “That video is viral and the whole world has seen it, and it’s time for that officer to resign. My son was not a gang member. They killed an innocent kid. He was just enjoyable and funny to be around and everyone loved him.”