Unarmed Khalil Lawal was shot 15 times, point blank, by off-duty officer J. Powell, Philadelphia. HELP BRING JUSTICE in his murder!

What if this happened to your child, brother, or uncle? On January 29th, 2018, Khalil Lawal was shot 15 times by off-duty Philadelphia Police Officer James Powell. Murdered in cold blood by an off-duty officer; Khalil was shot at point-blank range and then several more times as he was already laid on the ground. #Shot15Times

Prior to the shooting, Khalil accidentally struck a pedestrian that had been crossing the street. Powell had not witnessed any of this. Khalil stopped. Although Khalil was unarmed, Powell approached Khalil from behind with his gun out but hidden down by his side. Seconds after the encounter, Powell began shooting Khalil. #Shot15Times

Despite being shot 15 times, Khalil received no medical help from Powell or any other officers that eventually showed up, as he laid bleeding on the ground for several minutes. #Shot15Times

Instead, immediately after the shooting Khalil was handcuffed, searched, rolled over, searched again, and then his body was sloppily carried a few feet toward an ambulance by 4-5 officers. Khalil succumbed to his injuries about 2 hours later. #Shot15Times

This is a case of an off-duty Philadelphia police officer killing an unarmed black man #15Shots AT POINT BLANK RANGE and nearly 2 ½ years later, the family cannot get answers or a hearing. They cannot get the video released. The DA avoids and deflects. The lack of transparency within the Philadelphia PD's AND the FBI's investigation. We demand justice through a transparent and thorough investigation into why this happened. We demand the following:

1. JAMES POWELL MUST FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR MURDERING KHALIL  – WE DESERVE A COURT DATE AND TRIAL! 15 shots can never be justified yet Powell is still employed as a police officer due to DA Krasner's refusal to bring charges. 
2. DISTRICT ATTORNEY LARRY KRASNER MUST EXPLAIN WHY HIS OFFICE HAS REFUSED TO CONDUCT OR PUBLICIZE THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION OF THE SHOOTING.
3. RELEASE ALL FOOTAGE OF KHALIL'S KILLING TO THE FAMILY/PUBLIC -- The DA's office has been slow and ill-prepared in the wake of the family's reasonable request to have the footage released and refused to make this priority.
4. DA KRASNER MUST PROVIDE A STATEMENT ON THE INVESTIGATION AND CHARGES.  
5. THE FBI MUST PROVIDE A STATEMENT ON THE STATUS OF THEIR INVESTIGATION -- it is still unclear why the FBI's Terrorism unit was initially called on the scene of a police officer-involved shooting of an unarmed black man.
6. A clear statement on the progress/findings of the police Dept.'s internal investigation– Internal Affairs waited months before interviewing James Powell signaling a failure of due diligence and lack of good faith early on in this investigation. 
7. The public would like the Justice Department to investigate the DA's office and the PPD on the countless and unacceptable failures and delays thus far. 

Police Commissioner Ross also addressed initial reports that Khalil was targeting multiple pedestrians with his car. "Right now we have not been able to confirm this at all," Ross said. "The only thing we know is of this one incident at this point in time that we are still investigating." - https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Bigler-Street-Driver-Shot-Philadelphia-Police-472139913.html

1. Who gave the initial false information to the media which in-turn created an instant false narrative spin regarding this tragedy?

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What if this was your son, uncle, father, brother, neighbor, cousin, or husband? What if it was a stranger? Would it be acceptable to you for you to not have ANY answers or justice 2 ½ years later?

#JUSTICE4KHALIL 

#Heartbeats4Khalil 

WE NEED HELP! PLEASE HELP US GET ANSWERS AND JUSTICE!