thurman blevins was killed by two minneapolis police officers on june 23rd.hey say he pointed a gun at them during a short case. dean reynolds spoke to blevinss family in minneapolis. >> reporter: this is the alley where thurman blevins was shot as he fled from two minneapolis police officers. mily, who admitted that yes, he did have a gun on him at the time but they believe the officers overreacted. >> why did he run? >> it was the way that they approached him when they came out of the vehicle. >> reporter: thurman blevins' sister darlin and cousin sidney brown say he feared for his life when he ran from police. >> put your hands up now! >> who else is not going to run if somebody's behind me telling me i'm going to shoot you, i'm going to kill you? >> reporter: after a two-block chase officers justin schmidt and ryan kelly opened fire 14 times and killed blevins. [ gunshots ] moments before they shot the police say body cam video shows blevins turned toward the officers with a gun in hand ready to fire, something both officers say happened. >> before i pull

reporter: police body cam footage shows the moment officers justin schmidt and ryan kelly confronted thurman blevinsup. >> i didn't do nothing. >> you've got a gun mother [ muted ]. >> reporter: you can hear blevins begging officers not to shoot. >> put your hands up sxwlp leave . >> leave me alone. >> reporter: just a few seconds later they open fire 14 times. four of those shots hit blevins. he died on the scene. >> in order to bring charges against a police officer the state must be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the officers' use of deadly force was not authorized. >> reporter: hennepin county attorney mike friedman cleared officers schmidt and kelly from wrongdoing monday. he claims blevins' disregard for police instructions and his allegedly pointing a gun at officers justified the shooting. >> i'm certain in rapidly evolving situations -- >> reporter: but as friedman made his announcement blevins' family and community activists shouted him down. they claim blevins was not a threat and accused officers of escalating the situation. >> these officers were not afraid of my cousin wh

star tribune" reports about 200 protesters blocked the platform in the matter of a shooting of thurman blevinstest turned tense when one frustrated commuter was punched in the face after trying to rip away protesters' signs. yesterday's demonstration comes after prosecutors said the officers' actions were justified when they shot 31-year-old blevins in june. body cam video shows him running away from the police with what appears to be a handgun. >> michigan live reports that the aclu files a lawsuit against the police department. video shows a young boy who suffers from adhd handcuffed during the incident in 2015. police handcuffed him after he kicked a cart and ran around the bleachers. he was cuffed for about an hour because the officer didn't have the keys to unlock the cuffs. city officials declined to comment. >>> and "usa today" says new york governor andrew cuomo steps in to reopen a boy's lemonade stand after a state health inspector shut it town. the 7-year-old was selling lemonade outside his home near the county fair last friday, and the inspektder said he needed a permit. people co

this man, 31-year-old thurman blevins, armed and evading police, leading officers through this residentialapolis neighborhood. those police officers eventually open fire, fatally shooting blevins. >> put your hds -- [ gunshots ] >> reporter: the entire interaction caught on these police body cams is the latestt enforcement and the use of deadly force. >> put your [ bleep ] hands up! >> reporter: on the one side, officers who say they were protecting themselves. >> before i pulled the trigger, when the gun came out, i feared for my life. i feared for my partner's life. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: on the other side, a community angry and searching for answers, weary and distrustful of authorities. the incident took place on june 23rd. officers justin schmidt and ryan kelly responding to this 911 call -- >> there's a guy walking around shooting off his gun. he looks intoxicated. thus j's t here. >> all right, what's your description? >> black male in his 30s -- >> reporter: officers arrived on the scene and noticed blevins with a gun in his waistband. >> he's got a gun. [ bleep ] hand

pones mckim a welcome back to the big picture thanks for having me in july thirty one year old thurman blevins of black man was fatally shot by white police officers after a foot chase through a residential neighborhood on the city's north side five weeks later police released the body cam video police are seen chasing blevins whom the video appears to show with a gun in his hand shortly before the officers opened fire after another recent police shooting in chicago the chief there made a point to release the video quickly in the interest of transparency there in minneapolis the mayor who himself had seen the video the night of the shooting told reporters we need to act with full transparency and making sure we're honest even if the truth is difficult in the chemo why did it take minneapolis police five weeks for this video to be released you know that's a good question first of ol it typically takes even longer than five weeks for a body camera footage to be released advocates and family members of their member leavens had to push the mayor to have the body cam released what then that five we

thurman blevins was killed by police officers on june 23rd.hey say he pointed a gun at them after a short chase. hundreds protested yesterday blocking intersections. dean reynolds is in minneapolis where he spoke to blevins' family. dean, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, well, this is the alley where thurman blevins was shot as he fled two minneapolis police officers. we spoke to his family who admitted, yes, he did have a gun on him at the time, but, they believe, the officers overreacted. why did he run? >> it was the way they approached him when they came out of the vehicle. >> reporter: thurman bleven's sister and cousin said he feared for his life. >> who else is going to run when they say i'm going to shoot you? >> reporter: officers justin smith and ryan kelly opened fire 14 tires and killed blevblevins. moments before they thought, video shows blevins turned with a gun in hand ready to fire. something both officers say happened. >> before i pulled the trigger, when the gun came out, i feared for my life. i feared for my partner