Watched this heartbreaking video but asking myself how she is able to turn on a cellphone and hold the camera still, letting it pan back and forth between inside the front seats and toward the police outside ALL at the same time stating that she has her hands up?
1) If my hands were holding a phone while someone had their guns drawn on me, there’s no way my hands would be that steady.
2) Why do so many incidences like this seem to be just one cop? Whatever happened to waiting for backup or riding two-to-a-car? These single policeman encounters seem to beg for alternate versions of events.
3) The video does not look staged but it does seem a bit odd because I can’t picture the girlfriend (the driver with her daughter in back) calmly getting out her phone while her boyfriend is bleeding to death and police have their guns drawn. That seems to be a very unnatural reaction.
I’ve come to the conclusion that the people in the U.S. would probably be a whole lot safer if they just did away with their police forces and everyone carried a weapon and took care of their own protection.
The only reason why there is outrage is that the cop is White and the guy was Black. If a White had been shot, you would hear nothing about it.
White lives matter too.
What struck me is the woman passenger was able to record the whole thing and speak calmly throughout it. No emotion. No screaming, no shock, no fear. Very strange behavior.
This is a tragedy, but something is missing from these articles.
Why did the cop have his gun drawn in the first place? I’ve been stopped over a dozen times in my lifetime. I’ve never had a cop draw on me, even though I’m a lot larger than most cops.
What was the passenger doing that made the cop shoot? Once the cop draws his firearm it’s important to keep an eye on him and follow his instructions. If the cop is pulling a long shift and has had a lot of coffee, he may not be at his best.
Now that the Feds are involved we may not hear what really happened.
Looks like the killer cop was a “White Hispanic”, named Jeronimo Yanez.