Shot in the back
White cop kills black man as he runs away
Disturbing surveillance video shows a white Nashville police officer fatally shooting a black suspect as he runs away.
Officer Andrew Delke can be seen opening fire on 25year-old Daniel Hambrick following a traffic stop on July 26. Hambrick was armed at the time, according to police, but he does not appear to turn around to face the officer before he was shot.
"I just want justice for my son," Vickie Hambrick said during a press conference with the local NAACP. "That's all I'm asking. And for all the young black guys and young women, I want justice for them. I love them all."
Wednesday's release of the video prompted calls for Delke's dismissal as well as criminal charges against the officer.
"If there ever is a case of premeditated first-degree murder, this is it. This is it," Hambrick family lawyer Joy Kimbrough said. "He stops and takes his time and makes sure he gets a good shot."
The Nashville NAACP called for the FBI to launch a civil rights probe and a review of the department, and there have been calls for Police Chief Steve Anderson to resign.
Mayor David Briley announced a "comprehensive review" of policing proing. "I don't care if I have a hand grenade in my pocket; if I'm running away, I can't be a threat to you," uncle Sam Hambrick Jr. said.
Authorities believe that Daniel Hambrick "emerged from the vehicle with a firearm in his hand" and the situation "escalated," according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
A handgun was recovered from the scene.
Nashville Fraternal Order of Police President James Smallwood said that if Hambrick dropped the gun as orstill
, be alive. Smallwood also criticized the release of the video before the completion of the investigation.
Smallwood said that Hambrick could have fired over his shoulder or under his arm, or swung his arm back and shot the gun upside down.
"It is our firm belief that Officer Delke acted reasonably under the totality of the circumstances," Smallwood said, according to NBC News.
Nashville DA Glenn Funk's office said the video was released "in an effort to show transparency as much as posg
g tion." The probe is expected to be completed within a few weeks.
"It is absolutely necessary that in this context, we continue to conduct ourselves as a community peacefully and to give the process a chance to reach its final conclusion, while we work hard as a community to improve the way we police in Nashville," Mayor Briley said.
Delke was placed on routine administrative assignment and is off street duty until the investigation is complete.