Newly Released Video Shows Police Officers Fatally Shooting an Unarmed Latino Man

*The victim’s family was awarded $4.7 million in damages. VL

By Natasha Noman, News.Mic

A federal court judge Tuesday mandated the release of police-recorded video showing three officers shooting and killing unarmed Latino man Ricardo Diaz Zeferino, 35, in June 2013 in Gardena, California. From the video, it appears police shot Diaz Zeferino when he removed his baseball cap.

[pullquote]… it appears police shot Diaz Zeferino when he removed his baseball cap.[/pullquote]

Diaz Zeferino had apparently been trying to help his brother find his stolen bike, though the officers had reportedly stopped him for suspicion of stealing it. Diaz Zeferino’s brother reported his bicycle stolen outside a CVS earlier that night, but the dispatcher mistakenly described it as a robbery, with connotations of violence, as opposed to a theft.

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