The first time Marvin Oliveros watched the video that shows officers fatally shooting his brother, it was on a small computer screen at the Salt Lake City police station.
His parents couldn’t bear to come down there. His sister was with him, but before the bullets sounded, she walked out of the room. Oliveros sat through the entire recording alone and, when it was over, he cried.
His brother, Cody Belgard, was 30 years old and did not have a gun when he was approached by officers after a Nov. 9 confrontation. But one of the worst parts for Oliveros is that when he saw the footage, Belgard appeared to have his back turned as he was struck.