Posted on 01/23/2015 11:48:10 AM PST by OKSooner
MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma - Editor's note: The Muskogee Police Department released more than 10 minutes of video of the incident. News On 6 has chosen not to air or post the portion of the video showing the man being killed, out of respect for his family.
The Muskogee Police Department released video recorded by an officer's camera showing him shooting and killing a man he was trying to arrest.
The shooting happened on Saturday, January 17, 2015. Officer Chansey McMillin shot and killed 21-year-old Terrence Walker. Police had been called to a wedding at a church to investigate a report of a man threatening to kill one of the wedding party guests.
On Friday, January 23, 2015, the department also released a statement in which it presents a list of what it calls considerations about the video. They include noting that the officer was answering a call about an armed man who had threatened to shoot a person at a wedding party, and that the suspect failed to comply with basic commands by the officer to place his hands behind his back and used an elbow to strike the officer. The department also released the 911 calls made in reference to the incident.
"It is our belief that the video clearly shows the suspect pointing the gun at the officer," the statement reads.WARNING, Graphic: See Still Photos Of Shooting In PowerPoint Presentation From Muskogee Police
The officer, Chansey McMillin, is on routine leave while the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Muskogee County District Attorney's office investigate the shooting.
1/22/2015: Related Story: Muskogee Police To Release Video Of Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting
The Muskogee Police Department said it will not comment on the investigation into the shooting.
Here is the statement released by the Muskogee Police Department:
This is a list of points we would like to stress in reference to the officer involved shooting that we believe are reflected in the video that will be released today. Please understand that this is an ongoing investigation by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and has yet to be reviewed by the Muskogee County District Attorney's Office.
The Muskogee Police Department is only responding to questions concerning the video and by no means can answer any questions in reference to the ongoing investigation.
In the spirit of transparency and openness we are releasing the video in what we believe is a timely manner. We would request that out of respect for the deceased and his family that the scene showing the actual shooting not be aired publicly. This is only a request and we respect the right of the media to show anything requested under the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
It’s good that the cop had a body cam or Al Sharpton would be all over this.
Agree, the body cam shows this to be a 100% clean shoot.
It also shows an incredibly calm cop doing his duty and provides a window into just how devastating it can be for some cops when put into a position where they have to shoot.
A conversation for another day: How would other departments handle this? What if the body cam showed it was a bad shoot?
Don't need to read the comments.
I just listen carefully to
The "pastor": "I'm the pastor. You gonna have to shoot me. Now let me check on him please!"
Cop: "Sir, get back he has a gun!"
Parishoner:"He ain't got no gun, why don't you try dat?!"
Other parishoner:"Motherf__ker!"
Without the body cam, there would be 100 church members swearing on the Bible that "Dat white cop gunned down dat runnin' boy. He dindunuttin'"
.....all the while Al Sharpton and Benjamin Crump would be running to their private jets (funded by Soros) to get to Muskogee, OK to start the racial grievance industry all over again.
Good riddance criminal scum.
Can’t outrun a bullet.
Face down , ass up with gun at his side . Should make a poster of that with “he ain’t got no gun” Written on the bottom.
Immediately they try to blame the cop. So typical.
Coming soon: "That video's been tampered with!!!"
No worries, different sources with different comments on the article - always entertaining to watch the morons dance.
***Comments on KOTV site are... not surprising. ***
Typical of Monday Morning Quarterbacking. Looks like they are trying to form a lynch mob.
Well, he did gun down the running boy.
Only question is whether it was “within policy” under the circumstances.
“Pants down”?
In the fifties and maybe before the old axiom was “a woman can run faster than a man with pants down”.
The last part remains the same today.
A woman can run faster with her dress up than a man can with his pants down...as I recall it.
The Police produced a very interesting PowerPoint about the shooting: http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/griffin/NEWSon6/PDF/1501/Walker-Powerpoint.pdf
bkmk
Yeah, his family must REALLY think he was a loser. I know I shouldn't laugh. But I did.
At just before 6:30 in the video you can see how upset the police officer is: http://www.tulsaworldtv.com/WARNING-Graphic-content-The-complete-9-min-video-of-Muskogee-Police-officerinvolved-shooting-28417963?vcid=28417963&freewheel=91468&sitesection=tulsa
Thanks for clearing an olde man’s memory!
I knew some one would.
Thanks!
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