A video released by New Jerseys attorney generals office Tuesday shows a police officer abruptly shooting a Black man in the doorway of an Asbury Park home after trying to convince him over the course of a long standoff to drop a knife.
The attorney general is investigating the Aug. 21 shooting, which killed 39-year-old Hasani Best. The video raises questions as to whether Best posed an immediate danger to officers when he was shot.
Officers had responded to a domestic disturbance between Best and a woman. When they arrived, Best was inside of a second-floor apartment and the woman was standing outside.
Police spent nearly an hour trying to coax Best, with whom they were familiar from other encounters, out of a room in the apartment. At one point they used a Taser on him but were unable to subdue him and he went back…