According to the videos, Hickman and a police officer in training, Verino Ruggerio, first spot Rush walking through the parking lot of a business, which they later describe as trespassing. I just got off work.”“Rush, Rush,” Ruggerio says, walking toward him, “I just told you. Lisa Taube arrives on scene to take each side of the story, from Hickman and Rush, Rush acknowledges that he shouldn’t have run, “but that don’t give him the right to hit me like that,” he says. Asheville City Manager Gary Jackson was removed from his post by City Council in March following calls for him to leave office from community groups such as Black Lives Matter. As they walked to the police cruiser, Hickman let Rush out of his handcuffs to smoke a cigarette, offering him a light.

Source: thestar April 03, 2018 12:45 UTC