Over the weekend, an Aurora, Colorado, police officer shot and killed an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop that had gone awry. Now, police officials are scrambling to quell public outrage over the incident, claiming the officer shot the man because he was moving towards a gun that he had tossed on the ground while encouraging bystanders to “get that sh*t.”
According to ABC 7 Denver, 37-year-old Rajon Belt-Stubblefield died Saturday evening after a confrontation that occurred during a “routine” traffic stop near the intersection of Interstate 225 and 6th Avenue around 7 p.m.
Here’s what Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain says happened that night, according to ABC:…