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Continue reading...On 9 February, the 20-year-old Willie McCoy was shot and killed by police officers in California. He was shot an estimated 25 times in less than four seconds. At the time he had been asleep in his car at a Taco Bell. Willie was an up-and-coming rapper who went by the name of Willie Bo, in a group called FBG
Continue reading...Family of Willie McCoy allege racial profiling after Vallejo police fire ‘multiple rounds’ at man
California police officers fatally shot a 20-year-old rapper who was sleeping in his car outside a Taco Bell, authorities said.
Six Vallejo officers fired “multiple rounds” at the man, identified by family as Willie McCoy, police said. McCoy had a handgun on him when the officers fired out of “fear for their own safety” on Saturday night, according to the department. The family of McCoy, whose rapper name was Willie Bo, said Tuesday that police had racially profiled the young black man and that there was no justification for using deadly force against someone who was sleeping and not a threat.
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