Black Lives Matter protesters and a man’s loved ones are looking for answers after an unidentified female police officer shot an unarmed Black man in the abdomen on Saturday night.The mansurvived the shooting and was in critical condition over the weekend.
According to the victim’s girlfriend, Tasha Wade, the officer shot her boyfriend, Larry “Sincere” Bouie, in front of the couple’s two nine-year-old sons. The officer did not ask any questions before firing, Bouie’s family maintains, and Bouie was unarmed when he was shot.
The couple’s car battery died near a police station in Paterson, New Jersey. Bouie’s brother, Greg Bouie, was working nearby, selling t-shirts and other merchandise on the street. Bouie asked his brother for help but Greg Bouie was too busy working and ignored him. “I feel really bad for that now,” he said. Bouie then walked back toward Wade and his sons.
