Boy, 16, carrying a BROOMSTICK is shot by police in Salt Lake City, sparking protests

Sunday, February 28, 2016
By Paul Martin

Police approached a teenage boy and a man who were arguing in the street in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday night
They asked the boy to drop what he was holding – part of a broomstick
When he did not, ‘shots were fired’ and he was hit in the chest and stomach
The shooting sparked calamity in the streets all night, trams were shut down, and 100 police officers dispatched to contain the uproar
The boy is in hospital, there have been no updates on his condition

DailyMail.com
28 February 2016

A police officer shot a 16-year-old boy when he refused to drop the broomstick he was holding in Salt Lake City last night.

The officer was responding to an unrelated call in the Utah capital at 8.15pm when his team spotted two teenagers arguing with a man, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.

Surrounding them, police allegedly told the boy to drop what he was holding – part of a broomstick.

When he did not, ‘shots were fired’. The boy was hit in the chest and the stomach.

The shooting sparked fierce protests that ripped through the city on Saturday night.

Around 100 officers were dispatched to contain the uproar as crowds shouted and threw objects at police, Fox reports.
The boy’s friend, Selam Mohammed, who was stood next to him at the time, claims the officers only gave the boy one chance to drop the broomstick in his hand.

‘The police said “drop it” once, then they shot him four times,’ Mohammed told Fox News.

‘We were trying to break it up before the police even came, but the police ran in on foot and pulled their guns out already, they already had them, like, as soon as he was running he was already grabbing for his gun, not even trying to Tase him or anything…

‘He said “drop it” [then] boom boom! Four times.’

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