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Monday 4 July 2022
Police: Man shot was unarmed, officers feared he would fire

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A wounds were found on
Black man shot and killed the body but more inves-
by Akron police officers in tigation will be needed
a hail of bullets following to determine exactly how
a vehicle and foot pursuit many rounds the eight of-
was unarmed at the time of ficers fired and how many
the shooting, but a shot ap- times Walker was hit. Offi-
peared to have come from cers provided aid, and one
the vehicle during the pur- can be heard saying he still
suit, and officers said they had a pulse, but he was
feared he was preparing to pronounced dead at the
fire when they discharged scene, Mylett said.
their weapons, authorities Ohio Attorney General
said. Dave Yost vowed a "com-
Police on Sunday released plete, fair and expert in-
video the mayor called vestigation" and cautioned
"heartbreaking" of the that "body-worn camera
pursuit and shooting of footage is just one view of
Jayland Walker, 25, while the whole picture – before
pleading for peace and Protesters march along South High Street on Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Akron, Ohio, calling for jus- drawing conclusions, the
patience from the commu- tice for Jayland Walker after he was fatally shot by Akron Police earlier in the week, following a full review must take place."
nity while the state inves- vehicle and foot pursuit. The officers involved in
tigation into the shooting Associated Press the shooting have been
continues. It was not yet placed on paid admin-
clear how many shots were case from "a routine traffic lets can be heard. Mylett they felt that Mr. Walker istrative leave, which is
fired, but Walker sustained stop to now a public safety said he has watched the had turned and was mo- standard practice in such
more than 60 wounds. An issue." video dozens of times and tioning and moving into a cases.
attorney for Walker's family Police said a few minutes Walker's actions at the time firing position," he said. After the news conference,
said he was on the ground later the car slowed and are hard to distinguish, but Mylett said an officer fir- demonstrators marched
while officers continued to Walker emerged from the a still photo seems to show ing at someone has to be through the city and gath-
fire. still-moving vehicle wear- him "going down to his "ready to explain why they ered in front of the Akron
Chief Steve Mylett said of- ing a ski mask and fled on waist area" and another did what they did, they justice center to call for
ficers attempted to stop foot. A handgun, a loaded appears to show him turn- need to be able to articu- accountability in the case.
Walker's car early Mon- magazine and a wedding ing towards an officer and late what specific threats NAACP President Derrick
day for unspecified traffic ring were found on the seat a third picture "captures a they were facing ... and Johnson released a state-
and equipment violations, and a casing consistent forward motion of his arm." they need to be held to ment saying Walker's death
but less than a minute into with the weapon was later After the shooting, the of- account." But he said he is "wasn't self-defense, it
a pursuit the sound of a found at the point where ficers who fired were kept withholding judgment on wasn't an accident in the
shot was heard from the officers believed a shot apart from each other and their actions until they give heat of the moment, it was
car and a transportation came from the vehicle. watched, and arriving in- their statements, and he murder. Point blank."
department camera cap- After an unsuccessful at- vestigators walked them said the union president Walker's family is calling for
tured what appeared to be tempt to use stun devices, individually through the has told him that all are accountability but also for
a muzzle flash coming from the foot chase continued scene, Mylett said. "fully cooperating" with the peace, their lawyers said
the vehicle. Mylett said that to a parking lot, at which "Each officer independent investigation. after the city released vid-
changed the nature of the point a crescendo of bul- of each other related that Police said more than 60 eo of the shooting. q
Google to erase more location info as abortion bans expand

cies. The company behind "We're committed to de- overturning the 1973 Roe
the internet's dominant in- livering robust privacy pro- v. Wade ruling that legal-
ternet search engine and tections for people who ized abortion. That reversal
the Android software that use our products, and we could make abortion illegal
powers most of the world's will continue to look for new in more than a dozen states,
smartphones outlined the ways to strengthen and im- raising the specter that re-
new privacy protections in prove these protections," cords about people's loca-
a Friday blog post. Jen Fitzpatrick, a Google tion, texts, searches and
Besides automatically de- senior vice president, wrote emails could be used in
leting visits to abortion in the blog post. prosecutions against abor-
clinics, Google also cited The pledge comes amid tion procedures or even for
counseling centers, fertil- escalating pressure on medical care sought in a
ity centers, addiction treat- Google and other Big Tech miscarriage.
ment facilities, weight loss companies to do more to Like other technology com-
clinics, and cosmetic sur- shield the troves of sensi- panies, Google each year
In this Monday, Nov. 18, 2019 file photo, the logo of Google is
displayed on a carpet at the entrance hall of Google France in gery clinics as other desti- tive personal information receives thousands of gov-
Paris. nations that will be erased through their digital servic- ernment demands for users'
Associated Press from users' location histo- es and products from gov- digital records as part of
ries. Users have always had ernment authorities and misconduct investigations.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) could trigger legal prob- the option edit their loca- other outsiders. Google says it pushes back
— Google will automatical- lems now that the U.S. Su- tion histories on their own, The calls for more stringent against search warrants
ly purge information about preme Court has opened but Google will proactively privacy controls were trig- and other demands that
users who visit abortion the door for states to ban do it for them as an added gered by the U.S. Supreme are overly broad or appear
clinics or other places that the termination of pregnan- level of protection. Court's recent decision to be baseless.q