A newly released video showing a white police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, shooting a black man in the back has sparked anger amid ongoing police violence against African Americans.
The police dashcam video appears to show the Fort Worth policeman shooting 33-year-old David Collie as he “walks away posing no threat” to the officer.
A lawyer for the African American man, Nate Washington, released a copy of the video showing the July encounter with the Fort Worth officer and a Tarrant County sheriff’s deputy.
Both policemen were off duty at the time and jointly working on a security detail at an apartment complex, Washington said on Wednesday.
The attorney said the shooting left Collie paralyzed.
The officer claimed Collie threatened him with a box cutter. But, the lawyer rejected the police statement, saying he was shot in the back and posed no threat.
The release of the footage comes on the heels of another video recording which shows a white…