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Journalist @wfplnews. Sour Patch Kids lover. I ask a lot of questions.

Jun 3, 2020, 5 tweets

Yesterday officials released new videos they said showed that #DavidMcAtee fired a gun, prompting police and National Guard members to fire back the bullets that killed him. (1/3)

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Family and friends of #DavidMcAtee told @jacobhryan he wouldn’t have shot at police.

“He thought they were his friends, and they killed him.” (2/3)

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By Tuesday evening, police were saying the video showed #DavidMcAtee firing his gun. But when we asked them to point to time stamps in the video to corroborate that claim, they declined. (3/3)

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Councilman @BillHollander reacts to LMPD framing of #DavidMcAtee video released yesterday.

In contrast, here is Councillman @CMPiagentini's take

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