Police release bodycam footage of officers shooting at unarmed black couple singing love songs to each other in their car near Yale campus
Stephanie Washington, 22, and boyfriend Paul Witherspoon III, 21, were shot at in New Haven, Connecticut on April 16
Hamden cop Devin Eaton and Yale officer Terrance Pollack fired at them seconds after alighting from their cruiser, but neither officer turned on their bodycams during the shooting
A feature on the camera meant it recorded before it was actually switched on
Footage of the incident shot on the bodycam released by police this week, shows that the couple were sitting in their vehicle, singing love songs at the time 
the officer claim the believed at the time, that the vehicle had been involved in an armed robbery
Both officers have been placed on administrative leave while investigation is ongoing 
Officers Devin Eaton [left] and Terrance Pollack did not turn on their bodycams until after shooting at an unarmed black coupe in New Haven, CT. The officers have been  identified and placed on administrative leave

Authorities in New Haven have released bodycam footage of two officers shooting at an unarmed African American couple last week.
Despite Officers Devin Eaton and Terrance Pollack failing to turn on their cameras, footage was still recorded because the cameras have a feature that recalls images from the moments before it is turned on.

Bodycam shows two police officers shooting at a black couple sitting in a car near Yale

The video, which was released Wednesday by authorities, shows officers firing at a man emerging from the driver’s seat of a car and shattering the passenger-side window last Tuesday, April 16.

Both Stephanie Washington, 22, and her boyfriend Paul Witherspoon III, 21, who were unarmed, came under fire from two police officers.
A state official said Tuesday that one of the officers, from Hamden, Connecticut did eventually turn his camera on – but only after the shooting.
During the shooting, Stephanie Washington was shot in the face and has since been hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, according to university officials.
Her boyfriend, Paul Witherspoon,  who was left unharmed was taken into custody for questioning and released later without charges, according to his mother.
The couple share a one-year-old child.

Stephanie Washington [left], was shot in the face and has since been hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Her boyfriend Paul Witherspoon [right], was unharmed
CCTV footage shows officer Devin Eaton leaping out of the police cruiser and raising his gun towards the vehicle aand firing multiple shots at the unarmed black couple as they sat in the car, seconds after alighting from his vehicle

It does not include audio and will be sent for enhancement as part of the investigation.
Connecticut State Police Commissioner James Rovella said that ‘in a perfect world without the stressors’ the bodycams would have been properly employed: “This is unheard of that we’re putting it out so quickly,” Rovella said.
“What’s important is transparency and trust.”
Protests erupted on the streets on Monday after another video surfaced of the police officers opening fire. Demonstrators believe the couple came under fire because they are black.
The official police account said the officers believed the vehicle the couple was driving had been involved in the armed robbery of a newspaper delivery person at a local Hamden gas station around 4am, CBS News reports.
That the shooting happened when responding officers then caught up with the alleged getaway vehicle – which was being driven by Witherspoon.

The car the couple was driving had been involved in an armed robbery of a newspaper delivery person at a local Hamden gas station around 4am on April 16, according to police
Stephanie Washington and her boyfriend Paul Witherspoon III,  were shot at by Hamden police officer Devin Eaton and Yale police officer Terrance Pollack on Tuesday morning last week.
Surveillance footage shows the moment the responding officers jumped our of their SUV and fired multiple rounds at the couple last Tuesday.
During the shooting, Washington was shot in the face and has since been hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, according to university officials.
Witherspoon was left unharmed.
In the CCTV video, police officer Devin Eaton is seen leaping out of the police car and raising his gun towards the vehicle.
Day time photo shows the bullet ridden red Honda Civic that the young coupe were driving when they came under fire from he officers
Video from inside the couple’s vehicle shows that moments before the unarmed couple were shot at by police near the Yale campus – they had been enjoying each other’s company and were singing songs to each other

He then begins to fire multiple shots at the unarmed couple after Witherspoon abruptly gets out of the vehicle before running away from the car towards the end of the street.
Video from inside the couple’s vehicle shows that prior to the shooting, they had been enjoying each other’s company and were singing songs to each other. They had been singing ‘Nothing In This World’ by R&B singer Avant and Keke Wyatt.
Officer Eaton has been placed on administrative leave while an investigation into the shooting is ongoing. Yale officer Pollock was also placed on leave, as standard protocol for any instance when a Yale officer discharges their weapon.
The shooting has led to an outpouring of peaceful demonstrations along the streets from groups such as the Black Lives Matter movement and Yale University students, with protesters claiming the black couple were unfairly targeted.
The shooting occurred near the university campus.

  On Thursday, hundreds of protesters took the streets and blocked traffic near the university

Last Thursday, hundreds of protesters took the streets and blocked traffic near the university as community organizer Kerry Ellington addressed more than 200 students outside Yale University’s Woodbridge Hall.

Witherspoon’s uncle, Rodney Williams, told CBS News that the incident also sheds light on how police in the country are trained.
He said: ‘You need to look at what’s really going on with the police… really look at how the police look at residents period.
‘The police could be black, white, Puerto Rican… it’s just a police issue… I think we need to be respected as human beings and I feel like they really don’t.’

Protesters pour onto streets in support of Stephanie Washington and Paul Witherspoon

        As protesters pour onto streets in support of Stephanie Washington, students were also joined by local civil rights groups – including Black Lives Matter
Connecticut State Police have said they will release further information on their investigations later this week.
The Mayors of Hamden and New Haven have teamed up with the various police department for a joint Wednesday conference to discuss how to curb such incidents from taking place again.