<p>The fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man by police in Columbus, Ohio -- the US city's second such killing this month -- sparked a fresh wave of protests on Thursday against racial injustice and police brutality in the country.</p>.<p>Andre Maurice Hill, 47, was in the garage of a house on Monday night when he was shot several times by a police officer who had been called to the scene for a minor incident.</p>.<p>Seconds before the gunfire, bodycam footage shows Hill walking towards the policeman holding a cell phone in his left hand, while his other hand cannot be seen.</p>.<p>Columbus police chief Thomas Quinlan announced Thursday that he was moving to fire the officer, Adam Coy, on allegations of "critical misconduct".</p>.<p>"We have an officer who violated his oath to comply with the rules and policies of the Columbus Division of Police," Quinlan said in a statement. "This violation cost an innocent man his life."</p>.<p>According to local media reports, Coy had previously received complaints of excessive force.</p>.<p>Coy and his colleague waited several minutes before approaching Hill, who was still alive, but died later.</p>.<p>Hill, the second African-American killed by police in Columbus in less than three weeks, was not carrying a weapon.</p>.<p>Casey Goodson Jr, 23, was shot several times on December 4 while returning home. His family has said he was holding a sandwich which law enforcement mistook for a gun.</p>.<p>Several dozen protestors gathered Thursday, waving Black Lives Matter signs and calling for justice for people killed in police shootings.</p>.<p>The killings in Columbus come after a summer in which the US was rocked by historic protests against racial injustice and police brutality, sparked by the May killing of African-American man George Floyd.</p>.<p>Floyd, also unarmed, suffocated beneath the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis. Horrified passers-by filmed his death, with the footage swiftly going viral.</p>.<p>"Once again officers see a Black man and conclude that he's criminal and dangerous," said lawyer Ben Crump, who defends several families of police brutality victims including Floyd's, on Wednesday.</p>.<p>He denounced a "tragic succession of officer-involved shootings."</p>.<p>Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said he was "outraged" by Hill's death.</p>.<p>He was "known to the residents of the home where his car was parked on the street," he said Wednesday at a press conference, describing him as a "guest... not an intruder."</p>.<p>Ginther said he was "very disturbed" that the two police officers did not give first aid to Hill and called for Coy's "immediate termination."</p>
<p>The fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man by police in Columbus, Ohio -- the US city's second such killing this month -- sparked a fresh wave of protests on Thursday against racial injustice and police brutality in the country.</p>.<p>Andre Maurice Hill, 47, was in the garage of a house on Monday night when he was shot several times by a police officer who had been called to the scene for a minor incident.</p>.<p>Seconds before the gunfire, bodycam footage shows Hill walking towards the policeman holding a cell phone in his left hand, while his other hand cannot be seen.</p>.<p>Columbus police chief Thomas Quinlan announced Thursday that he was moving to fire the officer, Adam Coy, on allegations of "critical misconduct".</p>.<p>"We have an officer who violated his oath to comply with the rules and policies of the Columbus Division of Police," Quinlan said in a statement. "This violation cost an innocent man his life."</p>.<p>According to local media reports, Coy had previously received complaints of excessive force.</p>.<p>Coy and his colleague waited several minutes before approaching Hill, who was still alive, but died later.</p>.<p>Hill, the second African-American killed by police in Columbus in less than three weeks, was not carrying a weapon.</p>.<p>Casey Goodson Jr, 23, was shot several times on December 4 while returning home. His family has said he was holding a sandwich which law enforcement mistook for a gun.</p>.<p>Several dozen protestors gathered Thursday, waving Black Lives Matter signs and calling for justice for people killed in police shootings.</p>.<p>The killings in Columbus come after a summer in which the US was rocked by historic protests against racial injustice and police brutality, sparked by the May killing of African-American man George Floyd.</p>.<p>Floyd, also unarmed, suffocated beneath the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis. Horrified passers-by filmed his death, with the footage swiftly going viral.</p>.<p>"Once again officers see a Black man and conclude that he's criminal and dangerous," said lawyer Ben Crump, who defends several families of police brutality victims including Floyd's, on Wednesday.</p>.<p>He denounced a "tragic succession of officer-involved shootings."</p>.<p>Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said he was "outraged" by Hill's death.</p>.<p>He was "known to the residents of the home where his car was parked on the street," he said Wednesday at a press conference, describing him as a "guest... not an intruder."</p>.<p>Ginther said he was "very disturbed" that the two police officers did not give first aid to Hill and called for Coy's "immediate termination."</p>