New body-cam video shows a police officer killing an unarmed man

businessinsider.com ^ | Dec. 8, 2017 | Michal Kranz

[Main Street]

A newly-released video shows an Arizona police officer shooting and killing an unarmed man in January 2016 after the man, who was crying and begging for his life, made a mistake in complying with his orders.

The body camera footage was released on Friday by the judge presiding over Officer Philip Brailsford's trial after Brailsford was acquitted on Thursday for the killing.

The victim, 26-year-old pest control worker Daniel Shaver, was staying in the La Quinta Inn & Suites in Mesa, Arizona while on a business trip when police received a call that someone was pointing a gun out of the window of the hotel, Newsweek reported. While Shaver had reportedly been showing off a pellet gun to two guests that night, according to witnesses, he was unarmed when the police confronted him in the hallway of the hotel.

In the video, Brailsford is seen standing by as another officer, Sgt. Charles Langley, commanded Shaver to get on the floor and crawl towards him, all while berating him and intimidating him with death threats. Shaver appeared to be complying with his orders, and can be heard sobbing as he crawls towards Brailsford and Langley. But after Shaver reached back toward his pant leg, Brailsford shot him five times with his AR-15, believing he was reaching for a gun.

"Please don't shoot me," Shaver begged Brailsford, moments before his death.

After being charged with second-degree murder in May 2016, Brailsford was acquitted after less than six hours of deliberation by a jury, Vice News reported.

During the trial, Brailsford maintained that he did nothing wrong.

"If this situation happened exactly as it did that time, I would have done the same thing," Brailsford stated in court.

[jonno]

You can see that the kids hand comes forward - empty - BEFORE the cops starts shooting.

[jonno]

Assuming this is an un-editted snippet at post #65, you can see that the kids hand comes forward - empty - BEFORE the cops starts shooting.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3612704/posts?page=65#65

[raybbr]

I bet you get all turgid watching that video.

[Mariner]

I watched the video and I am convinced this officer wanted to kill someone that night.

And set out to do so.

Then did.

Why the jury acquitted is beyond me.

I believe the cop guilty of AT LEAST second degree murder. And, to top it off he said at trial under the same circumstances he’d do it again.

Is he still employed as a cop? Beware. He is a dangerous murderer on a hair trigger.

[dsc]

“I bet you get all turgid watching that video.”

I bet you molest collies.

If you’re going to act like that, just shuffle on back to DU.

[Karl Spooner]

That might be easier to see in slow motion. That’s why the cop got off. I would have given the cop a manslaughter verdict based on his overall performance that day. What’s scary is that he says he didn’t do anything wrong and would do the exact same thing again. Hence, that’s why a manslaughter verdict was needed.

[Mariner]

“And we, as Conservatives, have a lot of blame in this. We’re the ones who supported them no matter what, calling them “heroes” for just getting home alive. As they militarized over the last 30 years, we kept making excuses for the bad ones (as long as they didn’t get found guilty in court) and assuming that anyone who got shot probably deserved it.”

That’s the root of the problem.

We Conservatives have given them carte blanche. And a license to kill.

People need to realize, most cops commit crimes against those they police, and do so with impunity. Because we have their back.

I have two ex LEO in my family. Both say criminal activity was routine. Not drugs etc. But crimes against the people they were hired to serve.

Routine. As in none got through a week without doing something illegal.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Probably not, but how much money can they get from him? Not what it’s going to take to raise the 2 small children he left. He was acting as an agent of the city and they need to be on the hook, too.

[Bulwyf]

I’ll be as clear as I can.

That cop murdered that man, and he should hang.

There was no excuse. Anyone making excuses for him is as smart as he is.

Let me know if any other clarification is needed.

[lacrew]

I suspect the command to crawl was because the police were scared that somebody in the room might have a rifle, and shoot at them through the wall.

Obviously the police screwed up big time...just giving my 2 cents about the crawling.

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[bike800]

Well, theoretically the court system should hold them accountable. How a jury found him not guilty is beyond comprehension.

[glasseye]

That is what murder looks like, murder by cop.
And cowardly, too.
Pathetic hearing the ‘boy’ screaming like a 16 year old girl who sees a spider.
The dumbasses had the badges...

[cynwoody]

If I was one of those Jurors I would be feeling pretty stupid right now.

And you would have an obligation to denounce the process and the judge!

[cynwoody]

They should at least be able to garnish the murderers wages for the rest of his life.

Who would pay wages to this white trash?

[cynwoody]

Remove his power.

Remove his miserable life.

[raybbr]

I see you’re not denying it. LOL another jack boot worshiper.

[dsc]

“Let me know if any other clarification is needed.”

No, the position of those with IQs in the 80s and no experience is quite clear.

[dsc]

“I see you’re not denying it.”

Why would I play stupid games with a collie-molesting moron?

[Svartalfiar]

Man was told to keep his hands up. Instead, the suicidal fool puts both of them behind his back. He lucked out the first time, and just got yelled at.

The second time he reached behind his back, looking for all the world as though he were reaching for a pistol, his luck ran out.

Absolutely stupid. Someone crawling on the ground isn't much of any threat, even if he did try to pull out a gun. They could have at least waited to see what he was 'pulling out'. He was getting yelled at constantly, and being made to do dumb stuff that I highly doubt is in the popo's training manual. You would probably be pretty confused too.