Officer Covey, who was placed on administrative leave, is white and Mr. Roberson was black. “If a young man shot a police officer, that young man’s picture would be on the TV tonight,” Gregory Kulis, Ms. Roberson’s lawyer, said at the news conference. Witnesses said they warned officers that Mr. Roberson was a security guard and that he was wearing clothes marked “Security.” Mr. Roberson, who was licensed to carry a firearm, was holding the man at gunpoint. It also says Mr. Roberson was wearing “plain black clothing with no markings” that would identify him as a security guard, according to witnesses. Mr. Kulis told NPR that Mr. Roberson was wearing a hat with the word “security” on it.

Source: New York Times January 20, 2019 00:11 UTC