An unarmed 37-year-old Black man named Kilyn Lewis was shot and killed by a Colorado cop last year after raising his hands while holding a cellphone.

But it took nearly a month for Aurora police to acknowledge Lewis had been unarmed and holding a cellphone when he was shot and killed by a cop named Michael Dieck – despite several body cameras capturing the shooting.

“I don’t have nothing! I don’t have nothing!” Lewis yelled after he was shot, seconds after several Aurora police officers surrounded him with their guns drawn, barking contradictory orders.

Dieck fired a single shot within seven seconds of first telling Lewis to get on the ground. Body camera video shows Lewis was bending down with his hands up, apparently trying to comply with their conflicting commands.

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