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In an now viral video a woman pleaded with California police not to shoot a kneeling Black man the officers were pointing their firearms. The video was posted on Instagram where the woman recording the video stated her boyfriend had been fatally shot by police in 2015. However, she did not know the man who was kneeling with his hands up at a busy intersection according to Heavy.

“I don’t even know him but I care that much,” the woman said, crying. Hawthorne police told the woman the man was not a suspect but was “being detained.”

“We got a call about a robbery,” the officer told her. “He seemed to match the description … we’re just detaining him. We’re not saying he’s a suspect … try to relax. It says a weapon was involved that’s the only reason he gets held at gunpoint. It’s just for our safety and everybody around’s safety, okay?”

Officers handcuffed and searched the man during the two-minute video, but it’s not clear whether he was arrested or charged with any crime. At this time it is unclear if any charges were filed.

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