The shooting, like Terry’s, highlighted a use-of-force tactic that law enforcement experts say is dangerous: firing into a moving vehicle. Five days after Terry’s shooting, police released footage and the case was starting to gain momentum. “It became really, really difficult to get those stories told,” he said, adding that everybody would be talking about Terry’s killing had it happened in 2014. Terry’s passenger was detained but later released. Merritt said the officer who killed Terry was not aware of the gun and drugs when shooting him.

Source: National Post October 04, 2018 04:41 UTC