A local protest group organized a protest Sunday night after video emerged appearing to show a fatal Phoenix police shooting on the Fourth of July.
PHOENIX — A protest was held Sunday night for a man who Phoenix police shot and killed in a driveway in Maryvale on Saturday. The Phoenix Police Department has not released the man's name but both protesters and Phoenix City Councilman Carlos Garcia have said he was James Garcia.An officer fatally shot a man in the afternoon on the Fourth of July in the Maryvale neighborhood of Phoenix.
Phoenix Police Department spokeswoman Sgt. Mercedes Fortune told The Arizona Republic Sunday evening that she could not share much information but could respond to one claim circulating online. Phoenix City Councilman Carlos Garcia shared the video on his Facebook page and criticized Phoenix police. Fortune, the Phoenix police spokeswoman, said anyone with video of the shooting should send it to police.
"He may have deserved to go to jail, but he didn’t deserve to die," W.E. Rising Project volunteer Fe’la Iniko told the crowd at the park. Law enforcement officials have shot at least 24 people this year, according to information from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
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