Police Shoot Man In Neck After Stopping Him For Not Wearing Seat Belt

Story out of Baltimore, Maryland:

When four plainclothes officers were monitoring traffic in late January, they say they saw 22-year-old Jawan Hawkins driving without a seat belt on. Moments later, Hawkins wound up with a bullet in his neck because he allegedly hit one of their car doors.

Court documents filed by police and obtained by the Baltimore Sun, say that the four officers were patrolling traffic in unmarked cars when Hawkins drove by in an SUV. When they tried to surround him with their vehicles, Hawkins drove in reverse and hit one of their doors. Two officers opened fire because the door hit one of the four, and a bullet pierced Hawkins’ neck.  Cont.

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