They also handcuffed the store owner for six hours, eventually releasing him, surprisingly with the same phone he used to record the shooting.
But they have not released the surveillance video they seized without a warrant nor have they released the dash cam video nor have they released the body cam footage.
They say their body cams fell off during the struggle, so it shows nothing. But it would show the moments leading up to the struggle, which the other cameras did not capture.
When police refuse to release video, it shows they are trying to hide something because they waste no time in releasing footage that exonerates them.
Meanwhile, a woman recorded the shooting from inside a car that they did not seize, probably because they were unaware of it existing. That video ended up being sent to a man named Chris LeDay, who is from Baton Rouge but lives in Georgia.
He posted it on his Facebook page as well as his Twitter and Instagram feeds, and it began going viral immediately.
He was then arrested 24 hours later, initially accused of having a warrant out for his arrest for assault and battery, but it turned out to be for unpaid traffic tickets.
And then there's the case in Minnesota where police shot and killed a man named Philando Castile after he told them he was legally carrying a gun. That video was live streamed by his girlfriend, which was unfortunate for police because they seized her phone as well, and did not return it, even after they released her from custody about 12 hours later.
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