Posted on 02/26/2023 3:06:09 AM PST by grundle
The mother of 15-year-old Jaheim McMillan, Black Lives Matter Grassroots and other activists are calling for a federal civil rights investigation into the Black teen’s shooting death by a Gulfport police officer.
“I am so disappointed by the decision and had hope that Mississippi would do the right thing, but they do not have the courage,” Jaheim’s mother, Katrina Mateen, said in a statement released by Black Lives Matter Grassroots, a non-profit group made up of over a dozen BLM chapters.
On Friday, the Mississippi and Gulfport branch of the NAACP joined the mother and activists demanding accountability from law enforcement and to question why Gulfport police didn’t attempt to use any less lethal tactics during the Oct. 6 encounter with McMillan and four other teens.
The statement comes in the aftermath of a review of Gulfport police body and dash cam footage of the shooting.
“What you don’t see in the video were any attempts to deescalate the situation or any expert training that could have spared the life of a 15-year-old kid,” Gary Fredericks, president of the Gulfport branch of the NAACP said
The grand jury report released Wednesday cleared Officer Kenneth Nassar of any criminal wrongdoing.
The shooting happened shortly after Gulfport police responded to a 911 call in the area of Pass Road and 8th Avenue in reference to minors — since identified as McMillan and four other teens — who were in a silver Kia Soul wearing masks and waving guns at motorists.
McMillan and another teen jumped out of the car and ran with guns in their hands.
In police body and dash cam footage, McMillan is seen running in front of the store with a gun near his side when Nassar fires eight shots, ultimately resulting in McMillan’s death.
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If this is the same case I’m thinking of the BLM’ers are conveniently leaving out that the “yute” tried to run over the cops.
CC
Never mind. Wrong case. Although I have seen the video on this. Looks like a clean shoot.
P.S.- commit adult crimes, expect adult consequences.
CC
It is illogical for them to think they are blameless in the death of their children. That said, logic is easily overwhelmed by hatred...and that is the heart of the problem.
Hoping for a big lawfare payday.
they can’t be surprised when the manure hits the fan.
They are not..they are using him to advance their agenda...any excuse they can find.
It IS illogical to thee and me to ignore their contributions of their children’s culpability but not to them who want to tear social order apart.
We have no answer to irrationality like that but we better come up with one real quick.
Like, maybe dropping the gun?
SPJNK
Black people, BLM, even school teachers who spread CRT, are being used as tools by Marxists who seek to start a race war as part of their plan to overthrow our system of government.
Two cops vs five armed teens, two of whom were running into a store, with guns, possibly to take hostages... let’s face it, if they’d been five white teens with MAGA hats, BLM would feel that the police did the right thing.
a 15 year old with a gun in his hand? Gee those leftist gun laws really work huh?
Why should we care about this?
cultivating the youth, is anyone surprised?
The teen was a criminal. That is the reason.
“What you don’t see in the video were any attempts to deescalate the situation.”
How do you “deescalate” armed bandits other than by shooting them?
Yep == Ghetto-Thug Lottery — you might lose a kid but you get a WHOLE buncha money to “ease your pain” and calm down any possible protests (even if you were never or rarely involved in the kid’s life). Bet they have the “RIP in Heaven” T-shirts printed up already ... sheesh!
The Black trash need to be investigated for violation of the Police officers civil rights. Blacks routinely violate law enforcement civil rights to a safe work place.
Go look at the interracial violent crime rates by race. Arguably the race war has been going on for a long time, but only one side is fighting it.
I am so sick of capitalizing ‘black’. Perhaps WHITE is approprite?
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