K’Aun Green is suing the city of San Jose after he was fatally shot by police after disarming a restaurant patron who was brandishing a gun, a lawsuit says.
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K’Aun Green is suing the city of San Jose after he was fatally shot by police after disarming a restaurant patron who was brandishing a gun, a lawsuit says.
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A 20-year-old man is suing the city of San Jose, which administers the police department, after he was shot four times by an officer while trying to disarm a gunman, according to reports. litigation.
On March 27, K’aun Green was sitting at a Mexican restaurant when a man he did not know approached him. The man enthusiastically challenged Green to a fight and punched him in the face. A second man, who appeared to be a friend of the first aggressor, drew a gun and pointed it at Green and other patrons at the restaurant.
Green’s attorneys say Green disarmed the gunman, but other patrons in the restaurant rushed towards Green and demanded that he return the gun, the lawsuit said.
Then, “within seconds of arriving on the scene without giving any reasonable warning,” a San Jose Police officer shot Green four times.
“Mr. K’aun Green is a hero! He saved his life and the lives of others in that restaurant,” said Green’s attorney, Adanté Pointer. speak. “Sadly, the police responded poorly and overreacted when they saw only a black man holding a gun, resulting in K’aun paying the officer’s hasty decision with his own blood. .”
The San Jose Police Department did not respond to NPR’s request for comment. Police Chief Anthony Mata said body camera footage would be released in the coming weeks.
“The two groups engaged in a verbal argument with each other that escalated into a physical fight,” Mata said in a statement. news conference two days after the war.
He said officers believed it was an active shooting situation and approached the restaurant while the fighting was ongoing. Mata said that officers were warned several times to drop their weapons.
Green, a soccer player at nearby Contra Costa College, was taken to a nearby hospital and underwent emergency surgery; The lawsuit says he suffered injuries to his abdomen, legs and arms and was unsure if he would be able to continue pursuing his sports career.
