Police body camera footage clearly shows La’Taurus Harrison holding a phone in his hand during the moments before an Indiana sheriff’s deputy fired 10 rounds at him last year, killing the 44-year-old Black man, claiming he had a gun in his hand.
But the gun is not visible in the two body camera videos released by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department last year.
Nevertheless, the Madison County Prosecutor’s Office cleared the deputy of all wrongdoing, stating in its press release that Harrison “drew a handgun from his pocket, and raised that handgun toward deputies” – without presenting visual evidence to back that claim.
Last month, Harrison’s mother filed a lawsuit (obtained by Atlanta Black Star) against the deputies involved in the shooting, including Mason Brizendine, the only deputy to have opened fire, accusing them of lying to protect Brizendine about what had taken place that day…