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Phoenix officer who shot black man said he mistook bottle of pills for gun
A police officer in Arizona who shot dead an unarmed black man said he opened fire after mistaking a bottle of pills in the man’s pocket for a gun. Rumain Brisbon, 34, was killed by the 30-year-old white officer, whose name was not immediately released, following a struggle outside an apartment building in north Phoenix on Tuesday evening. News of the killing came amidst debate over the failure of grand juries in New York and Ferguson to indict white officers in...
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