Sammy Yatim, 18, was shot dead while on a TTC streetcar by Toronto Police Const. James Forcillo on July 27, 2013.
Enhanced video - Shooting of Sammy Yatim by Toronto Police Const. James Forcillo on July 27, 2013
"A Toronto police officer was suspended with pay after he fatally shot a young man wielding a knife in an empty streetcar, police said Monday, as hundreds of people in Canada's largest city protested the shooting that was caught on video and posted on YouTube."*
Many are calling it an outrageous display of unnecessary force-- 18-year old Sammy Yatim insulted Toronto police while wielding a knife. But did he deserve to be shot 9 times, tazed, then kicked to his death aboard an empty Streetcar? A former Toronto police detective says yes. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss.
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