OKLAHOMA CITY -- Dozens of protesters marched in downtown Oklahoma City to call for justice days after a 35-year-old Deaf man was fatally shot by OCPD officer.
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Activists from groups including Black Lives Matter Oklahoma, American Indian Movement and the Oklahoma Association of the Deaf marched Sunday afternoon from City Hall to police headquarters in the "Justice For Magdiel Sanchez" rally.
Police have said officers responding to a hit-and-run accident Tuesday encountered Sanchez holding a metal pipe. Witnesses yelled, "he can't hear you" before the officers fired, but police said the officers didn't hear them.
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One officer fired a Taser at Sanchez and the other a gun.
Family members of Sanchez called Friday for the arrest of the officer who fatally shot him and state and federal investigations into the matter.
SOURCE - KOCO
Related Article: More than a hundred gathered Sunday in downtown Oklahoma City to protest the shooting death of Magdiel Sanchez.
Sanchez, who was Deaf, was shot by police after a hit-and-run incident. The crowd marched from city hall to the police station, people holding signs and chanting.
“Being Deaf is not a crime. Killing him was,” said Juanita Dorado. “They shot him for no reason over and over and over after being told numerous times he did not hear you.” ... Read More at KFOR.
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