We’ve seen police officers kill a lot of people in a lot of different ways but this latest instance of blue lives shatter is particularly disturbing.
Kardarius Smith, a 17-year-old boy from Leland, Mississippi was chased then fatally run over by a police cruiser according to a report from the Mississippi Free Press. On March 21, 2024, Smith was walking home with a group of friends when an unnamed police officer initiated an aggressive pursuit of the Black boys and subsequently, Smith was essentially attacked with a speeding car driven by an overzealous officer.
17-year-old Kadarius Smith died in a Mississippi hospital after an officer ran him over in a police cruiser, his family alleges
Officials have not allowed the family to see the unedited video footage from that night, they sayhttps://t.co/RcXWZ2H23o
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 28, 2024
Ubiquitous civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing the grief-stricken family in their attempt to capture justice for the loss of their beloved. Crump released a statement relaying the family’s pain after Kadarius “was run over from behind leaving police cruiser tire marks on his back”.