Bodycam Shows Police Shooting Of Ethan Freeman in Thornton, New Hampshire

** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) ** Thornton, New Hampshire — The Attorney General’s Office released body camera footage in New Hampshire fatal police shooting of 37-year-old Ethan Freeman. On the late afternoon of October 19, 2020, Police Officer Matthew Yao of the Thornton Police Department went to a residence on Four Wheel Drive in Thornton in response to a 911 call seeking police assistance for a man who had injured himself. The caller was the homeowner, who had called about his tenant, Ethan Freeman, who had requested an ambulance because he was bleeding and claiming of chest pain. Officer Yao arrived at the residence by himself, and walked up to where he believed Freeman lived. Officer Yao had interacted with Freeman earlier in the day, when Freeman had requested an ambulance while inside the lobby of a local school. During that earlier encounter, Freeman was cooperative and had brief and nonconfrontational interactions with Officer Yao. O