New video shows California officers fatally shooting at Kurt Reinhold, a black man accused of walking

A recently released video shows a deadly confrontation between deputy sheriffs and a homeless man in San Clemente, California, in September.

In the video, two delegates from the sheriff in Orange County are casually heard as to whether they will confront 42-year-old Kurt Reinhold. The delegates were on patrol to the homeless outreach team.

“Look here, he’s going to the jaywalk,” said one of the deputies.

A delegate then asks Reinhold, “Are you going to stop or should we stop you?”

“Jaywalk here? It’s ridiculous,” Reinhold said.

Witness cell phone video shows how the confrontation increases rapidly. “What’s your problem? Why are you touching me?” Reinhold said.

Minutes later, both deputies tackled Reinhold. One of the deputies shouted that Reinhold had his gun. The surveillance video appears to show Reinhold’s hand near one of their holsters. Then a deputy fires two shots.

The only official comment was a pre-recorded video from the sheriff’s department saying he was withholding verdict “until all the facts are known and the investigations are complete.”

John Taylor, the attorney for the Reinhold family, said the September 23 meeting was a blatant, race-driven stop. ‘

“They create the confrontation. They escalate the confrontation. They are the first person to lay hands on him and eventually he takes his life and shoots him dead,” Taylor said.

Reinhold’s family has filed a lawsuit against Orange County alleging that deputies violated its fourth and 14th amendment rights and were guilty of negligence, according to CBS Los Angeles. Although the delegates were reassigned, they returned to service.