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He was 47, a motor-tricycle driver who was estranged from his wife. He had two kids.
Police officers came to his house on August 14 and forced their way in, says his sister, who doesn't want to reveal her name or her brother's, or even the name of the town they're from -- to protect her safety. We'll call her Janie.
"Those policemen might kill us once we spoke out the truth," Janie says. "I said to myself, they have the license to kill already."
They came to his house, she says, and forced their way in.
"Handcuffed already, they shot (him in the) head." Janie alleges they killed three other men with him.
But, a police report says, her brother, was a suspected drug dealer, and was shot and killed after he opened fire on police. His sister insists her brother was a user, not a dealer. His body is still in the funeral home when CNN meets her. Full story...
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He was 47, a motor-tricycle driver who was estranged from his wife. He had two kids.
Police officers came to his house on August 14 and forced their way in, says his sister, who doesn't want to reveal her name or her brother's, or even the name of the town they're from -- to protect her safety. We'll call her Janie.
"Those policemen might kill us once we spoke out the truth," Janie says. "I said to myself, they have the license to kill already."
They came to his house, she says, and forced their way in.
"Handcuffed already, they shot (him in the) head." Janie alleges they killed three other men with him.
But, a police report says, her brother, was a suspected drug dealer, and was shot and killed after he opened fire on police. His sister insists her brother was a user, not a dealer. His body is still in the funeral home when CNN meets her. Full story...
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