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the United States, a police officer fired more than 60 shots at a black man, killing him.

It happened while chasing after breaking a traffic signal, and criticism of racism is growing stronger.



This is Washington correspondent Yunsu Kim.



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Police officers run and aim their guns at a vehicle.



[Don't move!

Don't move!]



However, the driver gets out of the car and runs away.



I wondered if there was a chase, and the police opened fire at the driver who was nearby.



On the morning of the 27th of last month, a 25-year-old black man, Walker, was shot and killed by police in Akron, Ohio.



An autopsy revealed more than 60 gunshot wounds on the body.



[Stefan Millet / US Chief of Police Akron: We do not know the exact number of how many bullets were fired yet.

However, if you look at the video, it seems that they shot quite a lot, so the number of gun shots is expected to be high.]



The police claimed that Walker violated a traffic signal and committed threatening behavior, such as shooting a gun at the police while running away.



However, the family disputed that there was no evidence that Walker fired a gun, and that he did not even have a gun at the time of the attack, saying it was an overreaction.



[Bobby Disello / Family Counsel: When he was shot an incredible number of 90 or 60 shots, he wasn't carrying a weapon.]



Protests against racism continued as criticism grew that shooting at least 60 guns at a black person was an abuse of public power against blacks.



As the protests against racism sparked by the death of Floyd last year have become a major factor in the presidential election, attention is also being paid to how widespread the protests will be ahead of the midterm elections in November.



(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, video editing: Kim Byung-jik)