California Community Fights for Accountability After Police Kill Unarmed Black Man in Hail of Bullets
BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA — A California community is drawing increasing attention to the police killing of Diante “Butchie” Yarber, a 26-year-old black father of three who was shot to death as he sat inside his car in the parking lot of a Barstow Walmart on April 5.
In dramatic video filmed of the incident, which occurred in broad daylight, police can be heard rapidly spraying dozens of rounds – well over 30 – at the car Yarber was driving, killing the young father and wounding his friends. No firearms were found inside the vehicle.
