A White woman who used a racial slur against an African American officer was shot and killed. And the Black officer has so far not been arrested or charged in the killing.
And the killing was caught on camera.
The Bossier City Police Department and the Bossier Parish District Attorney both are saying that the officer’s shooting was “justified”.
Officer Patrick Edmonds, Jr., who is African American, responded to a disturbance at a local hotel on Oct. 25. According to police, Officer Patrick was confronted by Shannon Rupert – who was in the hotel lobby brandishing a pair of scissors.
Shannon refused to drop them when Officer Patrick instructed her to, and “aggressively approached the officer with scissors in hand.”
As you can seee in the video, Officer Patrick shot Shannon twice. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
District Attorney Schuyler Marvin sent a letter to Police Chief Shane McWilliams Monday saying the District Attorney’s office spoke with BCPD investigators and reviewed video from the hotel and bodycam footage. “Based on all evidence reviewed it is my firm opinion that no crime was committed by the officer as his actions constituted justifiable homicide,”