The Salt Lake City Police Department has released body-camera footage of a struggle between police officers and an unarmed man, who wound up dead.
This police body camera still image provided by the Salt Lake City Police Department on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, shows police officers trying to subdue Nykon Brandon on the street in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. A caller to 911 in Salt Lake City said the man had come into a brewery in his underwear, tried to steal beer and was running around in the street, posing a danger to himself and to drivers. Police tried to detain the man. Within minutes, Brandon was dead.
“Stealing a beer does not equate to the death penalty," said Lex Scott, founder of Black Lives Matter-Utah."I don’t care if this man robbed 10 banks in one day. He didn’t deserve to die. He deserved to make it to court.” “Definitely mental health issues,” the caller said. “So if you've got mental health resources, send them out.”
Salt Lake City Police Department spokesperson Brent Weisberg said of the Aug. 14 incident:"As the body-worn camera video shows, this is a situation that rapidly unfolded. It was a chaotic situation and our officers were required to make very fast decisions to get a situation under control that was very tense.
Salt Lake City Police said in a press release that officers began to perform medical aid at 3:27 p.m. A minute later, they administered the first of multiple doses of Narcan and started performing chest compressions.
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