AMERICA - Police remain silent on shooting unarmed 14yo seven times

An unarmed 14-year-old was shot by police in Trenton, New Jersey at least seven times. Now his family, friends, community and even a US congresswoman are searching for answers, as law enforcement officials refuse to release details about the case.

Radazz Hearns, 14, was wounded last Friday. The teen was fleeing from three New Jersey police officers assigned to the Targeted Integrated Deployment Effort (TIDE), a multi-agency task force created to address violence in Trenton. They were investigating a report of multiple shots fired in the area.

The two state troopers and one Mercer County sheriff’s officer saw three males on foot near the site where the shots were reported to have been heard. The three officers got out of their minivan to question the three youths, two of whom cooperated with the police request. The third ‒ who was not named, but later identified as Hearns ‒ ran away, the state Attorney General’s Office said in a statement on Monday.

INC News, 14/08/2015 - via RT