Graphic Bodycam Footage Of Patrick Harmon Fatal Shooting

Police in Utah fatally shot a man from behind while he was running away from officers, according to newly released footage. Prosecutors in Salt Lake City have said officers were justified in killing Patrick Harmon, 50, who was pulled over for riding a bicycle without a light and who attempted to flee when police tried to arrest him. Police are not facing charges despite the fact that the body-camera footage captured officer Clinton Fox shouting “I’ll fucking shoot you!” from a distance before he fired three bullets into Harmon, who was running in the opposite direction. “They just murdered him flat out,” Alisha Shaw, Harmon’s niece, told on Thursday after watching the footage. “They are lying. There is no way they were threatened by anything. He was only trying to get away.” Salt Lake officials have claimed that the killing of Harmon was legal because the officers feared for their lives. Another officer said he fired his Taser at the same time that Fox shot Harmon. The footage showed the officers handcuffing Harmon as he lay on the ground face-down, groaning in pain. The district attorney’s office claimed that Harmon said “I’ll cut you” and turned and faced officers with a knife as he was running.