Disturbing Video Shows Cop Kill Man Running Away, Shoot Him in the Back Like an Animal

Salaythis Melvin, a 22-year-old man from Orange Country was shot within the back by a deputy in civilian clothing, executed during a mall parking zone earlier this month.

Melvin wasn't suspected of committing a criminal offense, he wasn't accused of a criminal offense and police weren't trying to find him at the time of the shooting.

Melvin's only "Crime" at the time of his initial interaction with police that day was to require off running when several men in unmarked vehicles pulled guns on Melvin and a few friends during a mall parking zone.

The Orange County Sheriff's department claims they were serving a bench warrant that day to an individual who was imagined to be with Melvin outside the mall.

Despite the incident unfolding on August 7, the department didn't release the video until Tuesday night.

Lawyers Bradley Laurent and Carlus Haynes say the timing of the discharge is clear - waiting until the sheriff had the election within the bag before showing how his deputy murdered a young man.

Had the citizens of Orange county seen how the sheriff's deputies conduct themselves when handling young black men deed from them, Mina might not are elected.

Of the six videos released, just one of them shows the particular shooting.

Taken from inside a police vehicle, the video shows that Melvin is clearly presenting no threat whatsoever to the deputy and is a deed from him.

Orange County Deputy James Montiel treated Melvin like an animal and opened fire, shooting him within the back as he ran away.

Melvin immediately falls to the bottom and outstretches his arms.

Melvin, lying face down on the bottom, doesn't respond.

"It's clear that Salaythis Melvin wasn't a threat. It's clear that he was running, he was just trying to urge away," Attorney Brad Lauren said.

As the video shows, deputies involved in the operation were driving unmarked vehicles and in civilian clothing.

Melvin had no way of knowing they were cops as Montiel wasn't wearing anything that might identify him as an enforcement officer until after the shooting.

In the video, there's no visible police markings on Montiel and supported the attorneys' review, it appears Montiel didn't place on identifying clothing until after he killed Melvin.

The night of the shooting, the sheriff's office made the claim that Melvin was armed and he had his hand on a stolen gun when Montiel killed him.

In the video, no gun is visible on Melvin's person or near his body, and his hands are empty as he stretched them out on the asphalt.

What's more, Melvin wasn't suspected of a criminal offense and was deed, so police had no reason to suspect him of anything that day.

Even if Melvin had this gun, police had no idea it had been stolen or that he even had it until after they killed him.

Remember, Melvin wasn't the person police were attempting to arrest.

According to WFTV, about five minutes into the video, the attorneys for Melvin question whether he was called a racial slur, as he was on the bottom.

OCSO is conscious of allegations associated with the body-worn camera video that was released yesterday.

It is alleged that a deputy on the video made inappropriate comments.

"First, he needs to make it a policy that anybody that's fleeing, you can't shoot them within the back," Haynes said, adding "It's not deer season. We're not shooting people within the back, period."

"Well, we do know that there are tons of video and audio that we're missing how transparent is that?".

Police have refused to elaborate on why there's no video from Montiel's body camera or if he was even wearing one.