Posted on 01/25/2015 6:49:39 PM PST by servo1969
Anti-police activists are getting their wish fulfilled as more police departments are outfitting officers with body cameras that record sight and sound from the officers’ perspective.
So far the results of three recently released videos of police encounters that ended in fatal shootings show the dangers officers face on patrol.
Warning: Video shows deadly violence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCrQyUQCJS0
A video from Selma, Alabama shows a Black officer fatally shooting a Black man, Ananias Shaw, as he charged the officer while wielding an ax.
A second video from Arizona shows the fatal shooting of Flagstaff Officer Tyler Stewart who used the gentle technique demanded by cop-hating agitators. A white man suspected in a domestic violence call is seen talking face to face with Stewart, also white, who politely asked to search the man. The man whipped out a gun and shot Stewart dead.
The most recently released video is from Muskogee, Oklahoma and shows a white officer engaging a Black man named Terence Walker who was wanted for allegedly threatening to shoot his ex-girlfriend. Walker is in a church parking lot. His ex-girlfriend is reportedly inside the church attending a wedding. A 911 call that brought the officer to the scene was placed mere minutes before.
The officer politely talks to Walker. As he starts to handcuff Walker and search him for weapons Walker forces the officer’s hands off him and takes off running.
As Walker is running down a rural street, a handgun falls out of his clothing. Walker stops to pick up the gun from the road, pauses to handle it then points the gun at the officer for a split-second before starting to again run from the officer.
When the officer sees the gun pointed at him he opens fire, fatally dropping Walker as he ran a few steps. Walker falls into a ditch, his handgun by his side. The officer and another officer examine the gun and find that is cocked and loaded.
An Oklahoma TV station, KTUL, showed the police body camera video of the shooting to Tulsa NAACP chapter President Pleas Thompson.
(Thompson) feels the officer could have avoided shooting, since Terrance Walker was seen running away.
…”Police, as well as elected officials, have to be more sensitive that you know there is this mentality out there of shoot first and ask questions later and I think emphasis should be placed on trying to take those people alive,” he said.”
The video shows the officer politely trying to take Walker alive. Walker took off and subsequently pointed a gun at the officer within firing range with innocent bystanders also in range.
It’s a shame the NAACP is more interested in protecting armed Black criminals than they are about protecting law-abiding Black citizens and police.
Update: The man seen in the video trying to intervene after the shooting, Pastor A.H. Jones, gave an interview to Tulsa station KRJH-TV describing the incident. Jones would not condemn the officer for the shooting when asked if he thought it was justified:
“That’s a hard thing. The officer knew he had a weapon. When he turned toward the officer, no question the officer felt threatened. So each man has to make their own judgment.”
Jones witnessed the entire incident. Before police were called Jones was speaking to the girlfriend inside the church who told him about Walker’s threats and that he had recently bought a gun that he showed her saying he had a bullet with her name on it. Jones was then told Walker was outside the church so Jones went out to try to intervene. The police showed up shortly after that.
Not reading this. I don’t care what the racist NAACP thinks.
Didn’t they used to call that “suicide by cop”?
“Do you feel lucky, Punk?” Clint Eastwood
Those people only know what they see portrayed in movies and TV shows. They know nothing about extensive training, nor the real-life experiences of being a police officer on the job, and on the street. They speak out of their a$$ on a subject they have no first-hand knowledge of.
All I can say to the ferals and their supporters is keeping pushing. You won’t like the result.
“You aren’t thinking of shooting me, are you?”
1. Are you intending to kill your girlfriend?
2. Do you intend to kill whoever tries to stop you from killing her?
3. If you kill me (the officer), are you going to run away after doing so?
4. What about my family after you kill me, who will provide for them?
5. Are you glad a lot of activists want you to be able to threaten and kill whoever you want to?
6. Is there some reason you're wearing your pants so low when you're about to get into some heavy running and physical action?
7. Why are you stopping to pick up the gun after you dropped it?
8. Why are you starting to point it at me?
9. Are you running because you knew I'd find that cocked and loaded gun on you?
10. Why are you not answering my questions?
Just some possible questions to ask...
I had to watch key parts of the KTUL video multiple times to try to assimilate details because everything happens so quickly.
Did the cop mention the word “weapons” after he first confronted the man?
Also, partly because of combination that I cannot view a video a frame at a time and also edited-in blur, I never clearly saw man point gun at cop and then turn and run.
Noting that I am not a body chemistry expert, if I was the cop pursuing the man, I probably wouldn’t have had the time to consciously override a likely surge of adrenaline to pull the trigger as a consequence of the man briefly pointing his gun at me, regardless of colors.
NAACP makes my blood boil
A flyer with your message needs to be sent to every group in the United States that's clueless about reality.
These are likely demonicrats or flatliners.
Not only should have axed questions first but after not getting acceptable answers, should have shot the gun out of his hand, being careful to shoot the gun only and not the poor man’s actual hand.
and beyond: who gives a flying ***k what the NAACP has to say about anything?
Hint: When running from the police don't pick up a gun you drop.
Really, please, just leave it. A freaking 5-year old knows this.
So, exactly what questions should one ask when a violent criminal, wanted for threatening to murder his girlfriend, points a gun at you? “Say, are you loading wadcutters?”
Yeesh!
This shooting was 100% justified. The officer defended his life, and that is that. Unless you are a “social justice activist”, in which case only seeing said officer roasting on a spit will do.
These are the malcontents and ne'er-do-well good-for-nothings of the world. I don't know what portion of our society they make up but I don't think it is a large segment. I believe most people believe in law and order and respect the police. But there are always those few who seem to be quick to blame the cops for being too aggressive. I wouldn't want to have their dangerous jobs and be making split-second decisions that could mean my life or death daily as I go about my job. I respect them for that and appreciate what they do to keep our communities safe. It can't be as easy as some of these Monday morning quarterbacks would have us think.
An activist reverend (Phoenix), in police use-of-force training, first gets himself killed, then shoots unarmed man. The lesson he takes: “comply.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3248481/posts
Direct link to video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfi3Ndh3n-g
What a great quote! Like it was meant for 0dumb0 & liberal democRATS!
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