A young black man slain by federal agents as they tried to arrest him in Memphis...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A young black man slain by federal agents as they tried to arrest him in Memphis, touching off violent protests, was wanted in the shooting of a man in Mississippi earlier this month, law enforcement officials said on Thursday.
“This was a violent felon who did not obviously want to go to jail. And ended up, from my knowledge, doing what they had to do up there, not only to protect themselves but protect other people in the neighborhood,” DeSoto County prosecutor John Champion told reporters. “It’s obvious that he had no appreciation for the value of human life.”
The victim, a Hernando resident who has not been publicly identified, remains hospitalized but is expected to survive. He was reportedly carrying a weapon when he got out of his vehicle, the bureau said, without elaborating. A later statement from the U.S. Marshals Service made no reference to a weapon and a spokesman declined to say whether Webber had one.
Those clashes, notably the many days of protests after an unarmed black man was killed in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, helped give rise to the Black Lives Matter movement. At least 24 officers and deputies were injured, with six hospitalized with mostly minor injuries, the mayor said. Two journalists also were injured. The injuries were mostly minor, police said, and the crowd eventually dispersed.As darkness fell on Thursday, police helicopters flew over the area and squad cars patrolled the neighborhood.
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