Community outrage grows with increased calls for accountability and transparency as police refuse to release body cam video
By The Law Office Harry M. Daniel LLC
Wilmington, Del. – Attorneys for the family of Kadir Skinner, the 19-year-old Black teenager who was shot in the back and killed by an officer with the Wilmington Police Department (WPD) last month, today (July 11) released videos showing the scene and officers’ treatment of the 19-year-old immediately following the shooting.
Skinner’s family is represented by renowned national civil rights attorneys Harry Daniels and Ben Crump as well as Chance Lynch.
The case has sparked national outrage as Skinner’s family, local leaders and countless others have repeatedly called for WPD to release body camera video of the shooting. Those calls have only grown louder as police have refused to release the video.
The videos, shot by witnesses, show Skinner clearly alive while on the ground handcuffed. Officers do not appear to provide him any kind of medical attention while the teenager is writhing on the pavement in pain and, instead, lift him up to put him in a police cruiser as onlookers shout, “He’s dying!”
“The more we learn about this situation, the worse it gets,” said Daniels. “Kadir Skinner was dying before their very eyes and they treated him like some kind of thug. It’s time for the City of Wilmington and Wilmington Police Department to step up with accountability and transparency and release the body camera video.”
“Kadir Skinner was just 19-year-old when this officer shot him in the back and killed him,” said Crump. “This family deserves to know why. They deserve justice and we’re not going to rest until they have it.”
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