Hours of body camera footage has been released in the fatal police shooting of Najee Seabrooks, a New Jersey anti-violence activist who called 911 during an apparent mental health crisis.
In this July 14, 2021, file photo, Najee Seabrooks, a High Risk Interventionist with the Paterson Healing Collective, is shown at the PHC office in Paterson, N.J.Hours of body camera footage was released Thursday in the, a New Jersey anti-violence activist who called 911 during an apparent mental health crisis.
MORE: Anti-violence organization demanding justice after police fatally shoot an employee in distress Seabrooks told police that "people are trying to kill me, I need an escort," though the officers at the scene determined there were no threats, the attorney general's office said. "At various times during the encounter officers deployed approximately 15 less than lethal sponge-tipped projectiles some of which struck Mr. Seabrooks, but were not effective in subduing him," the attorney general's office said.
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