Posted on 05/25/2021 2:34:00 PM PDT by USA Conservative
West Valley City police released body camera footage from officers that show Clark approached the officers carrying the crowbar.
When he was ordered to drop the crowbar, Clark replied, “Nope, let me get these car keys or someone’s getting it.” He then said, “Alright, here I come,” as he raised the crowbar over his head with both hands and ran toward one of the WVCPD officers.
One of the officers fired his Taser, but it had “no effect” on Clark, who “sprinted after” one of the officers. The other two officers chased Clark, who “suddenly turned and came at them with the crowbar still above his head with both hands.”
Another officer fired five shots at Clark, who fell to the ground!
Video below:
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Clark was treated for his wound and is being held without bail in the Salt Lake County jail.
The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office has not ruled on whether the shooting was justified.
The officer is on paid leave while the shooting is investigated.
There are allegations that the police officer will be charged because he fired five shots.
There are allegations the cop will be charged for firing five times lol.
It's like we want to chase away cops!
If that's the case why would we do that and how are we gonna keep law and order on the streets?
Couldn’t they have just shot the crowbar out of his hands?
/s
Never bring a crowbar to a gunfight?
Asking for a friend....
if the cops weren’t so racist they would have been willing to get beaten with a 3 foot heavy crowbar in the middle of the night.
“There are allegations that the police officer will be charged because he fired five shots.”
Is that really how the writer intended for that to come out? Who is making the allegations? What are they (plural). Weird phrasing.
It’s a shame there wasn’t a teacher around.
guy doesn’t look black to me, but what do I know.
He dindu nuffin.
Black man?????
He looked like a white guy to me.
What’s up???????
Obviously racist cops. Don’t they know they have a duty to yield to the demands of someone from a clearly superior race? Or get their heads bashed in with a crowbar if they aren’t willing to yield?
And another black family hits the ‘shot by the cops’ jackpot.
George Floyd family = 27 million
Michael Brown fammily= 1.5 million
Freddyie Gray family = 6.4 million
Pretty soon we are going to have a new definiation for Blue Bloods.
Another officer fired five shots at Clark, who fell to the ground...treated for his wound and is being held without bail in the Salt Lake County jail.
Sounds like everything was done correctly. Stopped the threat with what was needed, no more, and the perp is alive.
We just need to decriminalize everything teens do
In a sane society, the officer should be fired for not killing him.
So he was armed with a crowbar.
Hey, will the fake news networks report about the shooting at the “George Floyd Peace March” today?
Maybe Lincoln was Wrong?
“””guy doesn’t look black to me, but what do I know.”””
It appears you and I are the only Freepers who watched the video. He looked white to me. But as you wrote: ‘what do I know”.
So out of curiosity.........it states "wound". So did only 1 of the 5 shots hit the perp ? Or did all 5 shots go through the same hole ? Just a dumb observation I guess......
Racist cops. Every juror knows a Jim Crowbar when they see one. /sarc
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