Anybody who knew him loved him.'Ī rally for the teens was held on Wednesday night as their families call for answersĪccording to Ivey, Santiago-Miranda has been employed with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office since February 2017 and Hendren has been a deputy there since June 2018. 'A friend of the family told me he was shot,' Crooms' mother Tasha Strachan told Florida Today. The families of the boys have also spoken out, claiming that sheriff's office delivered them with no information about the shooting. We need to know what happened to our babies.' 'I understand about investigations but at the same time, you have to understand this is why the community doesn't trust you. They are gone from their families forever, regardless,' added Cocoa City Councilmember Alex Goins on Sunday. We need a press conference on their lives just like if someone shot an officer. 'They did not display lights to indicate that they were pulling them over they just pulled up behind them with guns drawn.' 'When I saw the video, I said to myself, here we go again because these kinds of occurrences happen over and over and over,' Reverend Johnnie Dennis told Click Orlando. ![]() Yet it has already sparked outrage in the local community with a rally held in support of the teens' families on Wednesday evening. 'I ask that you keep the family of the two young men in your thoughts and prayers and also our Deputies, as an incident of this magnitude impacts everyone, including our entire community,' Sherriff Ivey said of the case. The autopsy on their bodies is delayed until later this week due to coronavirus restrictions. Pierce and Crooms, both from the Cocoa area, were taken to hospital after the shooting Friday but pronounced dead. 'This disturbing incident, which cost the lives of two Black teens, again documents the dangers of driving or even riding while Black - since the deputy also shot into the backseat, killing a passenger.'īrevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey claims the deputies were 'forced to fire' 'The video shows that the deputy continued to fire shots into the side of the vehicle as it was passing him, after he was out of harm's way. If anything, the deputy appears to have moved closer to the vehicle to get a better shot,' Crump added in a statement to NewsOne. 'Claiming that this deputy discharged 10 shots to get himself out of harm's way is a clear attempt to justify the killing of these teens. He called for any witnesses to come forward and demanded that the sheriff's office release the full video. ![]() 'The video shows the deputy was still shooting as the car cleared him and posed no threat.' Believe your own eyes,' Crump said in a statement. 'It is painfully troubling to us that this teen driver and the teen backseat passenger were terrified and drove around deputies who approached the vehicle with guns drawn. The case has been picked up by notable civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who on Tuesday claimed that the teenagers posed no threat to the officers in the dashcam footage. The aunt of Sincere Pierce, pictured, saw the shooting and begged deputies not to fire
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