The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation after a U.S. Park Police officer fatally shot a 17-year-old who had driven away with an officer in the back seat after the teenager was found asleep in a suspected stolen car in Washington.
This image taken from police body camera video released by the U.S. Park Police shows the scene after 17-year-old Dalaneo Martin was fatally shot by a U.S. Park Police officer on March 18, 2023, in Washington. The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation after a U.S. Park Police officer fatally shot Martin who drove off with an officer in the back seat after the teenager was found asleep in a suspected stolen car.
to wear body cameras. It is also one of the first times body-worn camera footage has ever been released by a federal law enforcement agency. As the officers moved toward the vehicle, footage showed them opening the back passenger's side door and a Park Police officer climbing into the back seat. But Martin woke up and started to drive away, briefly dragging another officer outside the car.
Park Police officers regularly patrol in the Washington area, where the Park Service has a large footprint. Under the law, those federal officers have the same policing powers in the nation's capital as city police officers.
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