Videos show moments when Portland police shoot, kill armed man on interstate
Posted on AllSides January 2nd, 2024
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A man killed by Portland police officers last month stepped out of his car, immediately raised his gun and took eight steps toward officers before a shootout erupted, the department’s videos show. The four videos – which include footage from body cameras worn by officers Jacob Webster and Jordin Jackson, as well as dashcam footage from their cruisers – do not clearly show the moment police killed 42-year-old Kyle Desmarais on Dec. 17, and they don’t definitively answer the question of who fired first. But the videos confirm that Desmarais...