Attorney Ben Crump is demanding criminal charges against the Madison, Wisconsin police officer who fatally shot Corey Ruiz after being stabbed.
MADISON, Wisconsin — The police officer who shot ex-con Corey Ruiz in Madison, Wisconsin after being knifed should be criminally charged, the attorney for the dead man’s family declared Friday.
Ben Crump, who has represented the family of George Floyd and Michael Brown, gave a fiery press conference, two days after the caught-on-camera police shooting.
“The way he shot him repeatedly? Yes,” Crump said at the press conference when asked if the officers should be charged.
Corey Ruiz (pictured in a booking photo dated May 12) has been identified as the man fatally shot by a Wisconsin police officer Wednesday. Wisconsin Department of Corrections Attorney Ben Crump and Corey Ruiz’s daughter, Kah’liyah, comfort his mother, Elsa Ruiz, at a news conference. James Keivom for NY PostCrump promised that “there will be no peace and business as usual in Madison, Wisconsin,” until the police are held accountable.
He spoke alongside the mother of Ruiz’s daughter, siblings and mother — who broke down in sobs at the podium as supporters chanted “Justice for Corey!”
“It’s the racist police background,” one supporter shouted from the crowd.
State investigators are already conducting a homicide investigation into Ruiz’s shooting, which occurred after officers tried to arrest him on suspicion of breaking into vehicles in a trendy neighborhood near the State Capitol.
A viral cell phone video shows one officer firing three shots as three other cops struggle with 38-year-old Ruiz.
A police officer fires his gun at Corey Ruiz. Police say Ruiz was carrying a knife. Michael Doubek via REUTERS Screengrab from video of the moment a Wisconsin police officer fatally shot a man who authorities say stabbed him while resisting arrest in Madison on Wednesday. Mud Lord via StoryfulRuiz didn’t submit even after being tased, and he pulled a knife and injured one officer with it, Madison police Chief John Patterson previously revealed on Thursday.
That police press conference devolved into chaos after one protestor took over the podium for an angry rant about racism, corruption, and “Zionists.”
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Ruiz was a homeless ex-con with history of drug abuse and a lengthy criminal record, including for assaulting cops, according to court records and friends who spoke to the Wisconsin State Journal.Crump insisted the video doesn’t prove Ruiz had a knife or injuried any officers.
The knife police recovered from the scene. Madison Police Department“We’re looking hard to see where this alleged ‘cut’ happened,” Crump said at the press conference.
“You don’t see no officers cut!” one crowd memver ranted.
Ruiz’s two sisters, brother, and daughter also gave remarks.
“No justice, no peace!” the crowd called as Ruiz’s daughter Kah’liyah Aliomar spoke.
“No racist police!” the girl shouted back
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