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1/ On 02.10.19, a 911-call was made, reporting a black man fell asleep in his car & blocked a Taco Bell's drive through. Six polices showed up, w/ guns in hands & minutes later, estimated over 25 rounds were shot & killed the black man. #LetUsLive #AB392
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2/ . The body-cam finally is released to reveal that the 6 officers was not trying figure out how wake this black man up, how to get his attention, but rather, get ready to “snatch his ass [out of the car]”, & “If he reaches for it, you know what to do”. Basically, shoot him!
3/ Full disclosure, a gun was sitting on this black’s man lap. But does that mean illegal? No. And if this man was asleep, worrying about him grabbing it before the six police officers who already have guns in their hands in ready position is reasonable? Probably not!
We have filed an immediate disclosure request for body camera footage of #WillieMcCoy's death. We demand the City of Vallejo #ReleaseTheTapes by end of business today. Read our public records request here: vallejo.nextrequest.com/requests/19-169. 
Here is the video we believe supports our argument that the Vallejo Police Department waived all exemptions to disclosure: .
The March 21 disclosure is not the first time VPD has selectively disclosed visual records of an officer-involved shooting to some members of the public, then denied them to the public at large. See vallejo.nextrequest.com/requests/19-85.
I'm already seeing the old tagline, "If you're afraid of a sleeping Black man, you shouldn't be a cop." We have to stop trotting this narrative out. #AbolishPolice #BlackLivesMatter
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The entire point of this story, and of the innumerable ones like it, is that every time an officer says, "I feared for me life," "She reached for my weapon," "He became aggressive," they are lying in a way they've been trained to lie. #AbolishPolice #BlackLivesMatter
The only takeaway should be that policing is designated to kill Black people as long as officers use the proper framing of the murder. It understands its purpose, it's killing us intentionally, and it needs be abolished. #WillieMcCoy #AbolishPolice #BlackLivesMatter
