Another Unarmed Black Person Posing No Threat Murdered by Cops in Aurora, a City Run by White Liberals: Lawsuit Claims Police Shot Rashaud Terrelle Johnson During "low priority" Trespass Investigation

From [HERE] Attorneys representing the family of an unarmed man shot and killed by an Aurora police officer called that shooting "the worst Aurora police killing since Elijah McClain" and have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, they announced on Tuesday. Lawyers for the man's family say he was experiencing a mental health crisis at the time the officer shot him.

Rashaud Terrelle Johnson was shot and killed by Aurora Police Officer Brandon Mills in a field next to The Parking Spot, a parking lot at East 56th Avenue and Himalaya Street near Denver International Airport, on May 12. Johnson, 32, was identified by the Adams County Coroner's Office later that month.

Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain said at the time that Johnson attacked Mills after police were called to the parking lot for reports of a suspicious person who parking lot employees thought was trying to break into cars.

Edited body-worn camera footage from the officer, which the department released a few days later, showed Mills in a physical struggle with Johnson. The video showed that Johnson charged at Mills. Chamberlain said that during that struggle, Johnson had pulled a magazine containing extra ammunition for the officer's firearm out of his belt pouch.

Video shows Mills getting off the ground and taking several steps away from Johnson. Mills draws his gun, pointing it at Johnson while giving him commands to get on the ground.

"Get on the ground. Get on the ground now! Get on the ground. I'm gonna shoot you if you do not get on the ground," Mills can be heard saying in the video. Johnson starts walking toward Mills, who then shouts, "stop! Get back!"

Mills then fires two shots, striking Johnson. Denver police officers arrive a few minutes later.

Rashaud’s parentS, Taushica Carter and Christopher Johnson

Neil Sandhu, an attorney with Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC, the law firm representing Johnson's family, says that the public will never know why Johnson was behaving the way he did that day he was killed.

"Rashaud's effervescent life was cut short when he was shot and killed by Officer Mills of the Aurora Police Department, despite the fact that Rashaud posed no imminent threat of serious bodily harm," he said. "For the next few hours, people who worked at The Parking Spot made about four 911 calls. In each of those calls, they made a few things apparent: Rashaud posed no threat. They told 911 over and over again (that) the man they were calling about did not have a weapon. The only thing they wanted was for Aurora to dispatch somebody to get Rashaud some help."

Sandhu said the employees were "rebuffed" by the 911 operator each time, until Mills was dispatched.

"Instead of showing him a way out, Officer Mills decided to corral Rashaud against that fence, barking commands at him and demanding answers, even though Rashaud didn't appear to register any of the questions," he said.

Sandhu questioned why Mills didn't try to create space or put something between Johnson and himself after Johnson had run toward the officer.

"He created a few feet of separation between him and Rashaud, pulled out his gun, and paused for a few minutes while Rashaud looked at the ground. But inexplicably, Officer Mills decided to reengage. He raised his weapon again (...) and he again started barking commands at Rashaud. And it was only in that moment that Rashaud decided to look up and start slowly pacing again towards Officer Mills," he said. [MORE]