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."
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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.
If they lied about the head phones,,,,,,,,,
I dunno, looks like an AK-47 to me.....
/ MSM Urinalist
You and three other people in this country might know it. Also my AKs sights are also configured the same way. Stupid post.
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.
That clears up a lot. Thank you.
Thank you for responding.
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.
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.”
I actually found an old photo of me and the airgun.
Dude, that screams “gun!”
Sadly, they are given special trust because of their position. That's why the cops get away with all of their lies.
I do however have more respect for them than I do the internet forensics experts who proudly declare guilt of all cops daily.
Here is one taken over 30 years ago of my Daughter shooting a Daisy target pistol. I can just see the cops salivating.
Along with the ear buds, also seen in your photo is a Jack boot, still standing on the dead man’s chest. Disgusting.
Hoplophobia caused this death more than anything else.
If you look closer, the boot is on the sidewalk, the photo makes the sidewalk and T-shirt blend together.
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.
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