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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2780625" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>SLED declines to release video amid new allegations in Seneca police shooting</p><p>Aug 14 2015 </p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p><p></p><p>Angie Hammond (center) stands with her husband Paul Hammond during a news conference Wednesday afternoon in downtown Greenville while taking questions about the death of their son Zachary, who was shot and killed by Seneca police.</p><p></p><p>Quoting a letter from Hammond’s attorney to the FBI, FOX Carolina 21 in Greenville reported that a witness saw an officer pull Hammond’s body from the car and go to the trunk of his police cruiser to pull something out. The officer then reportedly returned to Hammond’s body, rolled it on the side, placed the object under his body, and then rolled it back.</p><p></p><p>Hammond’s attorneys also wrote that the witness stated that “After Zachary had been shot and killed, members of the Seneca Police Department lifted his dead hand and ‘high fived’ Zachary Hammond,” the television station reported.</p><p></p><p>Hammond, a 2014 graduate of Seneca High School, was unarmed in his car at a Hardee’s when officers converged on his car as part a drug sting. In past statements, Seneca police said Hammond drove toward Lt. Mark Tiller, prompting Tiller to fire two shots, killing Hammond. Police also have said a white powdery substance was found at the scene.</p><p></p><p>Hammond’s family hired a medical examiner to do a private autopsy, which showed that the teen was shot in the back. Earlier this week, the Justice Department said its civil rights division would investigate the shooting to “run parallel” with the state’s investigation.</p><p></p><p>A police video of the shooting reportedly exists, and the family tearfully pleaded for its release on Wednesday. The Post and Courier submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act immediately after the shooting.</p><p></p><p>Eric Bland, an attorney for the family, declined to release the letter his office sent to the FBI. Of the denial by SLED to The Post and Courier’s request, he said it was “disgraceful. Par for course in this matter. A consistent lack of sunlight. Video is what it is.”</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150814/PC16/150819609/sled-declines-to-release-video-amid-new-allegations-in-seneca-police-shooting" target="_blank">http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150814/PC16/150819609/sled-declines-to-release-video-amid-new-allegations-in-seneca-police-shooting</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2780625, member: 7629"] SLED declines to release video amid new allegations in Seneca police shooting Aug 14 2015 [b][Broken External Image][/b] Angie Hammond (center) stands with her husband Paul Hammond during a news conference Wednesday afternoon in downtown Greenville while taking questions about the death of their son Zachary, who was shot and killed by Seneca police. Quoting a letter from Hammond’s attorney to the FBI, FOX Carolina 21 in Greenville reported that a witness saw an officer pull Hammond’s body from the car and go to the trunk of his police cruiser to pull something out. The officer then reportedly returned to Hammond’s body, rolled it on the side, placed the object under his body, and then rolled it back. Hammond’s attorneys also wrote that the witness stated that “After Zachary had been shot and killed, members of the Seneca Police Department lifted his dead hand and ‘high fived’ Zachary Hammond,” the television station reported. Hammond, a 2014 graduate of Seneca High School, was unarmed in his car at a Hardee’s when officers converged on his car as part a drug sting. In past statements, Seneca police said Hammond drove toward Lt. Mark Tiller, prompting Tiller to fire two shots, killing Hammond. Police also have said a white powdery substance was found at the scene. Hammond’s family hired a medical examiner to do a private autopsy, which showed that the teen was shot in the back. Earlier this week, the Justice Department said its civil rights division would investigate the shooting to “run parallel” with the state’s investigation. A police video of the shooting reportedly exists, and the family tearfully pleaded for its release on Wednesday. The Post and Courier submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act immediately after the shooting. Eric Bland, an attorney for the family, declined to release the letter his office sent to the FBI. Of the denial by SLED to The Post and Courier’s request, he said it was “disgraceful. Par for course in this matter. A consistent lack of sunlight. Video is what it is.” [url]http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150814/PC16/150819609/sled-declines-to-release-video-amid-new-allegations-in-seneca-police-shooting[/url] [/QUOTE]
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