Rumain Brisbon's Friend Disputes Phoenix Police Account Of Killing

A friend who was with an unarmed black man killed by a white Phoenix police officer on Tuesday said cops are misleading the public about how the shooting unfolded and accused police of papering over their mistakes by focusing on details that hurt his friend's reputation.

Rumain Brisbon, 34, died Tuesday after being shot twice by an officer who police said thought Brisbon had a gun. The fatal encounter started, according to police, when Brisbon fled from his Cadillac SUV into an apartment after an officer tried questioning him about possible drug-dealing from the vehicle.

But that's not how the killing really happened, said Brandon Dickerson, Brisbon's friend who was in the SUV when the unnamed officer pulled the trigger around 6 p.m.

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