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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1389355" data-attributes="member: 12952">Black cop kills white man, media hide racePolice in Salt Lake City are continuing their probe into an Aug. 11 shooting outside a 7-Eleven convenience store, when a black police officer, whom local media are referring to as “not white,” shot and killed 20-year-old Dillon Taylor, who was unarmed at the time, according to his supporters.Police Chief Chris Burbank said the entire incident was captured on the body camera of the officer who shot Taylor.“You will see on camera … the actions of everyone involved, including up to the point where our officer utilizes deadly force and his response thereafter,” Burbank told reporters.He said the video, along with the officer’s identity, will be released at the “appropriate” time, adding it could be days, weeks or months .Police said officers were responding to a report of a man “waving a gun around.”When officers arrived, they found three men leaving the convenience store, with one, later identified as Taylor, reportedly matching the description of the person reported in a 9-1-1 call.Witnesses say Taylor was wearing headphones at the time and may have been trying to pull his pants up when he was gunned down.At the time of his shooting, court documents show Taylor had a $25,000 bench warrant for a probation violation in connection with felony robbery and obstructing justice convictions.</blockquote>