Oakland to Pay $1.4M to Mom of Homeless Man Killed by Police
ONN – City Of Oakland To Pay $1.4M To Mom of Homeless Man Killed By Police In Video
This video was posted to the Freedom Media Canada YouTube channel. Here’s the text:
Police responded to reports of Joshua Pawlik, 31 on March 11, 2018, holding a gun as he lay unconscious on the ground between two houses in West Oakland. Officers said they tried to wake him up, shouting at him to take his hands off the gun and firing after he failed to comply.
The city of Oakland agreed to pay $1.4 million to the mother of a homeless man killed by police officers in March 2018.
The Oakland City Council’s vote on April 23 to approve the settlement comes more than two years after Oakland police shot Joshua Pawlik, who they found sleeping with a gun in his hand. The agreement settles a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his mother, Kelly Pawlik.
The Oakland Police Commission called for the firing of the five officers involved in the shooting. The commission also voted to oust former Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick over her handling of the incident this decision was supported by Mayor Libby Schaaf.
The police chief said she intended to sue the city for her firing.
The shooting was captured on a body-worn camera and shows the man did not pose any threat that would justify the shooting and killing of Pawlik
“The video also confirms that at no time did Mr. Pawlik raise the handgun towards the officers or otherwise in a threatening manner towards Officers. Mr. Pawlik attempted to raise his head and sit up by using his right elbow for leverage,” police commissioners wrote in their 2019 report.
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