The sister of a South Carolina man who was killed by police after a
high-speed car chase claims in a lawsuit that three officers shot her
unarmed brother 17 times in the back — as he lay on the ground.
Waltki Cermoun Williams "did not have a
weapon" and was struck in total by 19 of the two dozen shots fired at
him during the deadly confrontation on Dec. 10, according to a lawsuit
filed in Sumter County.
"Sumter Police Department officers had the
obligation and opportunity to refrain from utilizing inappropriate and
unnecessary deadly force," the lawsuit states. "However, the officers in
question made the conscious decision to use inappropriate and
unnecessary force."
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