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A 2014 Florida fatal shooting is under renewed scrutiny after a newly released video showed that police officers shot an unarmed Black man within seconds of the encounter without provocation.
The Pasco Sheriff’s Office has insisted that the death of Jerry Dwight Brown, 41, was justified because he ignored commands by the arresting officer, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
The video was recorded from the driver’s seat and it shows that Brown was given no time to respond to any orders by Sgt. Clinton Cabbage and Det. Daniel Green.
In 2014, police videos were exempt from being made public and The Pasco Sheriff’s Office refused to release it.
Lindsay Moore, the office’s general counsel, claimed the “video portions depicting the death of Mr. Brown are clearly confidential and exempt from public disclosure.”
