INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The lawyer will file a complaint this week for "excessive policing" on behalf of Diante Yarber's familyLos Angeles:
Police gunned down an African American father of three using two dozen bullets in the parking lot of a Walmart supermarket in
California, authorities and his lawyer said Tuesday.Diante Yarber, 26, was unarmed and parking his car in Barstow, about two hours east of
Los Angeles, at the time of the incident on April 4, according to his lawyer Lee Merritt.Among the car's four passengers was 26-year-old
Mariana Tafoya, who is recovering in hospital from bullet wounds, Merritt told AFP.He said police officers shot a total of 30 bullets, two
dozen of which hit Yarber.The lawyer plans to file a complaint this week for "excessive policing" on behalf of Yarber's family.Police
indicated officers had responded to reports of a "suspicious vehicle.""The suspect/driver began accelerating his vehicle in reverse,
striking a police vehicle
The vehicle then accelerated forward toward the officers, and then accelerated in reverse toward officers and striking another patrol
vehicle," police said."Afterward, an officer-involved shooting ensued."Merritt, the lawyer, said three police cars had responded to the
incident.Two other passengers in Yarber's car were arrested on site and later released
One was lightly wounded during the incident, and a police officer was also lightly hurt.The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Officer
indicated that officers thought Yarber was a car theft suspect
However, Merritt indicated the vehicle, a black Ford Mustang, belonged to Yarber's cousin."The institutional racism that got 2 blk men
arrested at @Starbucks got #DianteYarber killed for looking suspicious outside of @Walmart 30+ bullets poured into a car filled with people
posing no threat to anyone!" the lawyer wrote on Twitter.However, Merritt said his planned lawsuit would not be a racism claim.Walmart did
not immediately respond to requests for comment, but the Barstow store will be closed during the investigation.(Except for the headline,
this story has not been edited by staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
