Chicago protesters were Wrong, Black man Shot and Killed WAS Armed

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🗓️ 16 July 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Protesters in Chicago accused police of lying and once again taking the life of an innocent unarmed black man. After releasing body cam footage the evidence became clear that Harith Augusts was armed and in the video appears to reach for his waist prompting officers to fire. Even with the evidence activists are doubling down calling for the resignation of the Superintendent. While the black man killed is a tragedy the protesters were wrong to claim he was unarmed. Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Recently, we saw protests erupt in Chicago after police killed a black man that they said appeared to have a gun.
0:06.5	Activists were insistent that this man was unarmed and once again we have a story about a lying police force that killed an innocent unarmed black man.
0:15.3	Some people said it was just a holster, it wasn't really a gun.
0:17.9	Others said he was just trying to show his ID to the police, but the police released the body cam footage.
0:24.1	In it, we can see that he did have a concealed weapon and at one point it does look like he's reaching for his weapon.
0:30.4	Despite this, activists are doubling down, saying there's no audio in the video so we don't really know what happened.
0:36.9	It seems like many of these big protests surround individuals who are in questionable circumstances or are actually committing crimes.
0:43.9	So just exactly what is it that activists are saying?
0:47.6	Why are they doubling down and will this lead to more protests?
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1:29.5	First, let's look at what happened with the start of the protests from Al Jazeera.
1:33.5	Protests erupted in Chicago after Black men fatally shot by police.
1:37.1	Hereth Augustus, known as Snoop the Barber, was killed on Saturday prompting clashes between police and protesters.
1:43.3	Protests between Chicago are demanding answers after the fatal shooting of a Black man by police prompted violent confrontations in the Illinois city.
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