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Alabama: Police Kill Legally Armed Black Man at an Upscale Mall

HeadlineNov 26, 2018

Back in the United States, in Alabama, protesters marched at a mall where Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., a 21-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed by police Thursday. Police officers responding to a shooting at Riverchase Galleria mall in suburban Birmingham fired on Bradford after falsely believing him to be responsible for the shooting, which left two injured, including a 12-year-old girl. The gunman is still at large. Bradford’s family say they were not notified of their son’s death and found out through social media reports. Bradford was carrying a licensed gun at the time of the shooting, which is permitted by Alabama law.

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