National guard soldiers on patrol in Memphis shot and killed a man that authorities in the Tennessee city said turned and pulled a gun on the troops during a chase.
The shooting took place at about 4am on Sunday as the soldiers responded to a report of gunfire.
The Tennessee national guard was deployed controversially by the state’s governor, Bill Lee, in October to support the federal push by Donald Trump, his fellow Republican, to tackle perceived crime surges in Democratic-run cities.
According to the Tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI), the man shot was Tyrin Johnson, 20. The bureau said nobody else was hurt during the shooting – and that it was looking into the circumstances.
Memphis is under occupation by state and federal forces that are not needed or wanted there. The community has been subject to violence like this at the hands of state and federal agents because they are black and seen as a nuisance by the racists controlling the entirety of TN state law enforcement and legislature.
Surveillance video incoming showing this isn’t what happened at all. My guess is they shot him in the back because he was a faster runner.
Unless, they’ve locked that down already.
