Anger in America after the killing of a black man by a white policeman

The mysterious killing of a black man by a white policeman has sparked confusion in Fayetteville in the southeastern United States, with relatives of the victim calling for protests Thursday.

Renowned lawyer Ben Crump, who has defended many victims of police violence and the Jason Walker family, has called for a "March for Justice" in the North Carolina city.

Small groups of residents organized several rallies this week in Fayetteville to demand the arrest of Police Constable Jeffrey Hash in the case.

And last Saturday, the policeman, who has worked in the city's municipality since 2005, was not on duty.

He was driving with his wife and daughter when he passed Jason Walker, an unarmed 37-year-old man crossing the street near his parents' house.

Minutes later, he opened fire on Walker, who died of his injuries.

In a video clip taken by an amateur immediately after the incident and posted on the Internet, the police officer told his colleagues who came immediately that Jason Walker threw himself in the street and that he applied the brakes to avoid him.

He explained that the man threw himself on his car and grabbed the space and used it to hit the windshield, forcing him to use his weapon to protect his family.

But eyewitnesses confirmed that he shocked the man before he stopped.

"I saw him hit the brakes all of a sudden, then he stopped and started again," Elizabeth Rex told ABC.

"I saw him hit Jason, who fell on the windshield. That's when I heard gunshots. I think he fired the first shot through the windshield and three more times outside the car," she added.

Police reported that the black box in Jeffrey Hash's car did not record a trauma, and Jason Walker's body had no impacts, other than bullets.

The officer was placed on administrative leave, but he is not currently imprisoned or charged.

The investigations were entrusted to state investigators.

Lawyer Ben Crump said in a statement, "There is reason to believe that this is a case that summarizes the principle of shooting first and then asking questions, a philosophy that we see often among security forces."

And cause police officers in the United States to kill a thousand people annually, and black Americans make up the bulk of their victims.

They are rarely prosecuted, even though major anti-racism protests in the summer of 2020 ushered in a change of court.

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