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Photo Raises Doubts About Police Shooting of Jermaine McBean
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/photo-raises-doubts-about-police-shooting-jermaine-mcbean-n366386 ^

Posted on 05/31/2015 3:25:10 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative

After Florida police shot Jermaine McBean to death as he walked home with an unloaded air rifle, they said there was no reason to believe he did not hear their orders to drop the weapon and that he pointed it at them.

But a newly emerged photo that shows headphones in McBean's ears immediately after the 2013 shooting raises questions about the police version of events, including why the white earbuds were later found stuffed in the dead computer expert's pocket.

And another aspect of the police account is also being contradicted — by a man who called 911 in alarm when he saw McBean walking around with the air rifle but who also says McBean never pointed it at police or anyone else.

Michael Russell McCarthy, 58, told NBC News that McBean had the Winchester Model 1000 Air Rifle balanced on his shoulders behind his neck, with his hand over both ends, and was turning around to face police when one officer began shooting.

"He [McBean] couldn't have fired that gun from the position he was in. There was no possible way of firing it and at the same time hitting something," McCarthy said. "I kind of blame myself, because if I hadn't called it might not have happened."

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: banglist; florida
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To: sport
model 1000
21 posted on 05/31/2015 4:19:44 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: absalom01

Thanks for posting that.

Both sights on the barrel is typical of break-barrel springers and a dead giveaway that it is an air rifle.


22 posted on 05/31/2015 4:23:02 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: nickcarraway
Why would he point an air riffle at police?

If they lied about the head phones,,,,,,,,,

23 posted on 05/31/2015 4:43:51 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: yarddog
Both sights on the barrel is typical of break-barrel springers and a dead giveaway that it is an air rifle.

I dunno, looks like an AK-47 to me.....

/ MSM Urinalist

24 posted on 05/31/2015 4:44:12 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: yarddog
"Both sights on the barrel is typical of break-barrel springers and a dead giveaway that it is an air rifle."

You and three other people in this country might know it. Also my AKs sights are also configured the same way. Stupid post.

25 posted on 05/31/2015 4:44:45 PM PDT by bruoz
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To: absalom01

Thank you! I have seen pictures similar to that on boxes at Walmart. I can’t recall the brand name but I sure if it had been Winchester I would have remembered.


26 posted on 05/31/2015 4:46:03 PM PDT by sport
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To: yarddog

That clears up a lot. Thank you.


27 posted on 05/31/2015 4:47:23 PM PDT by sport
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To: Mycroft Holmes

Thank you for responding.


28 posted on 05/31/2015 4:49:22 PM PDT by sport
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To: bruoz

If you have been around guns and air guns it would be immediately clear.

There are some airguns which purposely are modeled after real guns but the Winchester is not.

Actually demanding that I post a picture of my gun was a bit of a rude thing to do. The fact that you don’t know is not relevant. Most people can tell the difference immediately.


29 posted on 05/31/2015 4:51:47 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: cripplecreek

We know for a fact that the police lied.

Why would a dead man lying with his hands splayed out, remove his earphones and put them in his pocket, how would he do that?

“Their attorney, civil rights lawyer David Schoen, says the photo of McBean with the headphones — which he provided to NBC News — is evidence of a “coverup.”

The witness who took it, a nurse who asked to remain anonymous, says she pointed out the earbuds to police at the scene, after they rebuffed her offer to provide first aid to the dying man.

A transcript shows that Deputy Peter Peraza, who fired the fatal shots, repeatedly told sheriff’s investigators that he did not see anything in McBean’s ears.

And the homicide detective who led an internal review told McBean’s relatives in an email that officers on the scene “confirmed” he was not wearing a earpiece — after the family explained that he always had them on when he was out walking. The detective said the buds were found in his pocket, with his phone, at the hospital.”


30 posted on 05/31/2015 4:55:14 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Conscience of a Conservative
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31 posted on 05/31/2015 4:58:05 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: yarddog
 photo img050 copy_zpsqedn9msv.jpgI actually found an old photo of me and the airgun.
32 posted on 05/31/2015 4:59:13 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: yarddog

Dude, that screams “gun!”


33 posted on 05/31/2015 5:08:45 PM PDT by PLMerite ("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
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To: cripplecreek
Then there is the propensity of a certain segment of society to outright lie.

Sadly, they are given special trust because of their position. That's why the cops get away with all of their lies.

34 posted on 05/31/2015 5:10:20 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (PS I live north of San Diego. Come & get me.)
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy

I do however have more respect for them than I do the internet forensics experts who proudly declare guilt of all cops daily.


35 posted on 05/31/2015 5:15:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: PLMerite
 photo img102_zps9qjon6nn.jpgHere is one taken over 30 years ago of my Daughter shooting a Daisy target pistol. I can just see the cops salivating.
36 posted on 05/31/2015 5:15:59 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: ansel12

Along with the ear buds, also seen in your photo is a Jack boot, still standing on the dead man’s chest. Disgusting.


37 posted on 05/31/2015 5:29:48 PM PDT by ladyrustic
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Hoplophobia caused this death more than anything else.


38 posted on 05/31/2015 6:16:08 PM PDT by bolobaby
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To: ladyrustic

If you look closer, the boot is on the sidewalk, the photo makes the sidewalk and T-shirt blend together.


39 posted on 05/31/2015 6:16:13 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Broward County sheriff. That left-wing anti-gun idiot probably has his deputies so scared of a citizen with a gun that it’s not surprising they shoot someone with a on sight.


40 posted on 05/31/2015 6:43:21 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (If Al Sharpton would pay his taxes, two million kids could eat school lunch for one year)
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