Posted on 12/27/2014 11:21:44 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Police officers in Texas City fatally shot and killed a man identified by family members as Carlton Smith, a 20-year-old African-American. Texas City Police Chief Robert Burby said he was shot down because he was armed and was pointing his weapon at one of the officers.
What happened, according to the police, is that the manager of HT’s Lounge called to report a fight breaking out inside the club. When the police arrived, they saw an individual firing a gun in the direction of patrons exiting the club.
He reportedly pointed his gun at an officer and was shot down. Club owner Harris Aldridge said he reviewed video footage and said the individual did, in fact, make a more toward the cop with a gun.
Some witnesses have different accounts of what happened. One said Smith was shot at from behind, without warning, and others said he may have been holding the gun, but there was another woman who shot in the air to break up the fighting.
Whatever happened, there are reports that after Smith was shot, the crowd of over 100 people threw bottles and rocks at the police. A Texas City PD spokesperson said there were no reported injuries.
As for Smith’s family, they say he was not a violent person and have some questions about the official police accounting of what happened.
You can watch reports by ABC13 and Click2Houston below:
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Wendy who?
So... The thug shoots at patrons and patrons run for the door. Cops show up and kill the thug. Then the patrons start throwing bricks and bottles at the cops who saved their lives. What does this say about the attention span and priorities of the patrons of said establishment?
“I won’t go into them, because when I have done so in the past, people get their hackles up about it.”
Yeah, we probably have the same short list. There are any number of bleeding hearts on FR, along with a bunch of “deniers.”
At least he wasn't a gentle teen giant headed for college or being stalked by a white creepy cracker!
It was apparently “hood nite”, according to the Washington Times report.
They seem to pick their battles a little better; there was a shooting of a black guy a couple of months ago in Lyndhurst NJ, and the media barely mentioned it. He showed up with an accomplice in a stolen SUV to steal another car in a neighboring town, and when the homeowner made a ruckus they fled. After crashing and being boxed in by police, he tried to ram his way out. Cops shot & killed him (the accomplice was unhurt), and when a ski mask and handgun were found in the car the media decided this was no “hill to die on”.
I’ve seen the perp’s name (Kashad Ashford) on some signs at demonstrations (where they list the billions of black victims of racist white cops), but most people would have no idea who he was. His life didn’t matter as far as the media was concerned.
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