Victim on right.
"According to an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the family were first told that he died in an automobile accident. After that, they were told that he had been shot. It was only later on that it was revealed to the family that it was an officer-related (aka 'isolated incident') shooting.
And yes, of course, according to the police spokesman who wasn't on the scene, the officers did try to warn him: “They yelled, ‘Police. Stop,’” Shirley said."
Atlanta had a some rogues a few years ago that killed some people and planted evidence on a old lady during a drug raid.
“They yelled, ‘Police. Stop,’” Shirley said.”
Shirley you must be joking.
They shot the wrong Ayers.....
Another public execution for the crime of contempt of cop?
More importantly - if they didn't look like cops, I wouldn't sit around waiting to be mugged no matter what they were yelling. I'd drive the hell out of there, and if that meant menacing the muggers with my car it would be sheer self-defence.
A cop in plainclothes cannot expect to be obeyed without displaying a badge. At the very best this was a clusterfrack - at worst, someone needs to go to jail.
Next time it might be the officer that catches the lead... for the safety of every other officer out there, they need to throw the book at these SOBs and lock them away permanently.
To Quote the president...
The police acted stupidly.
I am glad I live in an area where most of the populace is armed, and we are rarely visited by the sheriffs department.
Victim on right.
So much for ‘Officer Friendly’.
If killing the innocent pastor saves just one child from smoking a joint, it was worth it...
(/drug warrior mode)
Damn! I saw only the words “Ayers,” and “killed by police.”
What a disappointment.
Wrong Ayers
This appears to be Pastor Ayers blog http://jonathanayers.blogspot.com/
All I can say is sad. I would have liked to meet him here on earth. Sounds like he was a cool guy.
Video here:
After backing up and stopping he is driving away from the two men, one of whom appears to be pointing a gun at him.
Prayers for those he left behind, and justice for those that caused his demise. I come from a family of Baptist ministers. This hits close to home.
According to the video this looks very bad for the cops, they screwed up big time and killed a innocent man.
Are these the same cops who won’t engage in high-speed pursuit over concern for the safety of the “general public?” I thought so....
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This is beginning to get considerable ink, and rightly so.
Just watched the surveillance video on Youtube. It’s not the clearest video, but it looks like Ayers did not attempt to hit the officers with his car. It looks like he was shot because he didn’t obey the officer and stop. It’s likely that this was a clear case of excessive use of force by police. They could have just jumped in their SUV and pulled the guy over later with their lights. If they didn’t have lights on the SUV, they could have just followed him until he went home and then talked to him. There was no need to shoot this man. This was a trigger-happy cop who used excessive force, by all appearances. I hope this gets a fair investigation and the cop is prosecuted if he committed manslaughter in this case. I know it’s not easy being a policeman and these people are very courageous, but if you can’t handle some threat to yourself without shooting then you shouldn’t be a police officer.
In this day and age, I would interpret someone shouting "Police. Stop" as a plea for the guy in the uniform to cease whatever extra-legal activity he is engaged in.