Unfortunately, another unarmed black male was shot in Florida. This time, he was at least an adult. Unlike the other situations that recently gained national attention, where someone with a “hero complex” would do more harm than help, this potentially deadly situation was carried out by none other than Florida’s finest: The police.
According to reports, 60-year-old Roy Middleton had walked down his mother’s driveway to her car. His goal was to find cigarettes that had been dropped in her white Lincoln Town Car. Apparently, a neighbor hadn’t recognized Middleton and immediately called the police. In no time, they arrived on the scene with their guns drawn and ordered him to put his hands where they could see.
Initially, Middleton assumed that it was a joke. That neighbors were just having a little fun with him. But when he turned around, the sheriff’s deputies opened fire on him. In his own words, “It was like a firing squad. Bullets were flying everywhere.”
At the time of the incident, his 77-year-old mother was in her home sleeping. Before finding 17 shell casings around her car, Ceola Walker went on to say, “He was just coming home like he usually does. I don’t understand why they had to use so much force under the situation. I don’t understand how they could fire so many shots at him. He wasn’t resisting or anything and he was at his own house.”
Despite the very unfortunate event, the bones in Middleton’s leg are shattered and he will require the implantation of a steel rod in order to walk, however, he is expected to make a full recovery.
Completely outrageous. As for the deputies, they are now on paid leave.
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