Detroit Police Officer Shoots 16 year-old in the Back
As if there weren’t enough reports of police brutality, and excessive force in America over the last few months, the tragic murder of 16 year-old honor student Brandon Martell Moore has slipped under the national radar.
The unarmed Moore was killed the day after Thanksgiving by a Detroit police officer who shot him in the back as he ran. The cop also shot Moore’s 14 year-old friend Jonathan Stanley in the hand.
The teenagers were among a group of seven young men who had been forced to leave a National Wholesale Liquidators store because of the retailer’s policy banning unaccompanied shoppers under age 17. It was originally assumed that the plain-clothed police officer was moonlighting as a security guard, but details are sketchy there. If he was moonlighting, Michigan law requires that he wear a uniform. Detroit police have not commented about whether the officer was on duty.
The cop had led the group out of the store, but when they realized one of their friends was still inside, one of them decided to go back in after him. The police officer hit the young man as he tried to reenter the store and a scuffle ensued. During the melee, the officer’s gun fell out, and the young men ran.
The police officer fired at the unarmed men as they fled. He hit 14 year-old football player Stanley in the hand and fatally wounded 16 year-old honor student Moore with a single bullet in the back. Moore’s 19 year-old brother John, who was with the group held him in his arms as he died.
So far The Michigan Citizen is the only news outlet following this story.
Read the original report HERE.
Details and this week’s update HERE.
Click HERE to listen to reporter Diane Bukowski discuss the case on The Al Sharpton Show.
