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epa04539370 A handout image released by law enforcement authorities on 24 December 2014 shows a frame grab of a surveillance video reportedly showing people walking across a parking lot at a gas station as a police car arrives (Upper-L) before an 18-year-old man identified by family as Antonio Martin was shot and killed by a Berkeley Police officer in Berkeley, Missouri, USA, 23 December 2014. According to police, the man pointed a 9 mm handgun at the officer who then shot the man killing him. The shooting comes just a month since a grand jury decision not to indict another officer for the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, USA touched off protests and rioting. EPA/ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE VIDEO / HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04539368 A handout image released by law enforcement authorities on 24 December 2014 shows a frame grab of a surveillance video reportedly showing people walking across the parking lot of a gas station moments before an 18-year-old man identified by family as Antonio Martin was shot and killed by a Berkeley Police officer in Berkeley, Missouri, USA, 23 December 2014. According to police, the man pointed a 9 mm handgun at the officer who then shot the man killing him. The shooting comes just a month since a grand jury decision not to indict another officer for the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, USA touched off protests and rioting. EPA/ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE VIDEO / HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04539369 A handout image released by law enforcement authorities on 24 December 2014 shows a frame grab of a surveillance video reportedly showing the scene outside a gas station moments before an 18-year-old man identified by family as Antonio Martin was shot and killed by a Berkeley Police officer in Berkeley, Missouri, USA, 23 December 2014. According to police, the man pointed a 9 mm handgun at the officer who then shot the man killing him. The shooting comes just a month since a grand jury decision not to indict another officer for the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, USA touched off protests and rioting. EPA/ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE VIDEO / HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04539367 A handout image released by law enforcement authorities on 24 December 2014 shows a frame grab of a surveillance video reportedly showing customers arriving at a gas station as a police officer questions two men (Upper-L) moments before an 18-year-old man identified by family as Antonio Martin was shot and killed by a Berkeley Police officer in Berkeley, Missouri, USA, 23 December 2014. According to police, the man pointed a 9 mm handgun at the officer who then shot the man killing him. The shooting comes just a month since a grand jury decision not to indict another officer for the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, USA touched off protests and rioting. EPA/ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE VIDEO / HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04539366 A handout image released by law enforcement authorities on 24 December 2014 shows a frame grab of a surveillance video reportedly shows a police officer talking with two men outside a gas station moments before an 18-year-old man identified by family as Antonio Martin was shot and killed by a Berkeley Police officer in Berkeley, Missouri, USA, 23 December 2014. According to police, the man pointed a 9 mm handgun at the officer who then shot the man killing him. The shooting comes just a month since a grand jury decision not to indict another officer for the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, USA touched off protests and rioting. EPA/ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE VIDEO / HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04539448 A handout image released by US law enforcement authorities on 24 December 2014 purportedly shows a man pointing his arm allegedly with a gun in his hand at a police officer (Upper-L) outside a gas station, moments before an 18 year old man identified by family as Antonio Martin was shot and killed by a Berkeley Police officer, in Berkeley, Missouri, USA, on 23 December 2014. According to police, the man pointed a 9 mm handgun at the officer who then shot the man killing him. The shooting comes just a month since a grand jury decision not to indict another officer for the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, USA touched off protests and rioting. EPA/ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE VIDEO / HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

epa04539479 A police officer with a fire extinguisher standing in the broken out entrance to a convenience store and gas station that was partially looted and set on fire across the street from where an 18-year-old man identified by family as Antonio Martin was shot and killed by a Berkeley Police officer in Berkeley, Missouri, USA, late 23 December 2014. A police officer in the US state of Missouri shot and killed an 18-year-old black man who alleged pointed a gun at him at a gas station, one suburb away from the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson that sparked violent protests. St. Louis Police Chief Jon Belmar told journalists on 24 December that the officer was responding to reports of a suspected robbery at the gas station. EPA/DAVID CARSON MANDATORY CREDIT ST. LOUIS DISPATCH EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04539478 Protesters (R) yell at police officers protecting the perimeter of a scene where an 18-year-old man identified by family as Antonio Martin was shot and killed by a Berkeley Police officer in Berkeley, Missouri, USA, late 23 December 2014. A police officer in the US state of Missouri shot and killed an 18-year-old black man who alleged pointed a gun at him at a gas station, one suburb away from the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson that sparked violent protests. St. Louis Police Chief Jon Belmar told journalists on 24 December that the officer was responding to reports of a suspected robbery at the gas station. EPA/DAVID CARSON MANDATORY CREDIT ST. LOUIS DISPATCH EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

FERGUSON. Ancora un giovane nero ucciso dalla polizia negli Stati Uniti, a pochi chilometri dalla cittadina di Ferguson dove il 9 agosto scorso un altro afroamericano, Michael Brown, venne freddato dagli agenti e la cui morte scatenò un'ondata di proteste senza precedenti sui metodi adottati dalle forze dell'ordine. Secondo una prima ricostruzione degli agenti della contea di St Louis in Missouri, la notte scorsa, un poliziotto ha aperto il fuoco uccidendo un giovane di 18 anni, identificato con il nome di Antonio Martin, dopo che quest'ultimo gli aveva puntato contro una pistola. «Il poliziotto - scrivono i media locali - stava effettuando un controllo di routine» ad una stazione di benzina poco prima della mezzanotte quando ha notato due uomini vicino all'area di servizio. L'agente è sceso dalla sua macchina e dopo essersi avvicinato ai due giovani si è visto puntare contro una pistola. A quel punto il poliziotto ha aperto il fuoco «temendo per la sua vita» uccidendo sul colpo Antonio Martin. Il secondo uomo invece si sarebbe dato alla fuga. Secondo quanto scrive il St. Louis Post Dispatch - quotidiano locale - i detective avrebbero ritrovato sul luogo della sparatoria l'arma del 18enne mentre il corpo della vittima sarebbe rimasto per quasi due ore sull'asfalto prima di essere preso in consegna dalle autorità. La vittima si trovava con la sua fidanzata quando si è verificata la sparatoria. La ragazza però al momento non avrebbe rilasciato dichiarazioni ai reporter. Poco dopo la mezzanotte una folla di un centinaio di persone si è radunata nella stazione di benzina transennata. Stando al New York Times, diverse manifestanti «inferociti hanno iniziato ad urlare slogan contro le forze dell'ordine che sono giunte in massa, alcuni in tenuta antisommossa». Gli inquirenti stanno cercando di comprendere la reale dinamica dei fatti. La stazione di servizio è dotata di telecamere di sicurezza. Ha difeso l'operato della polizia il sindaco di Berkeley, nella cui giurisdizione ricade l'omicidio di un ragazzo nero avvenuto due giorni fa vicino Ferguson, in Missouri, ad opera di un agente bianco. Lo riferisce il Los Angels Times online. Fiancheggiato da agenti neri, Theodore Hoskins, anche lui nero, ha fatto le sue condoglianze alla famiglia di Antonio Martin, ed ha aggiunto che a suo parere l'ufficiale «potrebbe aver salvato la sua vita» sparando, mentre stava cadendo a terra, al diciottenne armato. La polizia ha diffuso i filmati da tre diverse angolature in cui il ragazzo sembra puntare l'arma conto l'agente che poi fa fuoco. A differenza di Ferguson, teatro di un episodio analogo all'inizio di agosto, Berkeley ha un capo della polizia nero e sono in prevalenza neri i responsabili del governo locale.

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