Footage reveals U.S. police shooting homeless man 46 times

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Members of the San Jose community gathered Tuesday afternoon alongside the family and friends of a mentally ill man who was fatally shot by police on Mother's Day to call for police accountability in his killing.

A coalition of community-based organizations stood outside City Hall under a banner declaring "Justice for Daniel Pham." Laan Do, her face sullen and her eyes downcast, held a portrait of her son. Beside her stood her husband Vinh Pham wearing an equally grim expression....

Daniel Pham, 27, was armed with a knife when he was shot and killed by Officers Brian Jeffrey and Matthew Blackerby in the backyard of his home on Branbury Way on the morning of May 10, police said. They had responded to a report of a stabbing at the residence and upon arrival had found Pham's brother, Brian, 29, in the front lawn, bleeding from a cut across his neck.

The officers spotted Daniel Pham, the suspect, in the home's fenced-in yard, holding the knife and smoking a cigarette. According to police reports, Jeffrey pointed his gun at Pham and ordered him to drop the knife, but Pham "glared" at Jeffrey and continued to smoke his cigarette.