Hopefully ALL of the footage from last week is on that phone, if anymore than what we've all seen so far.
No one has seen what actually happened last week when lead was flying except Reynolds, the cops, and possibly the 4 year old kid.
There's no way to know for sure but I'm sure there's more video/audio on that phone, timestamped and everything, that recorded what really happened as it happened.
Yep, this one has “gentle giant/sweet baby Trayvon” redux written all over it.
Go back and look at well meaning FReepers posts about the two prior events going by initial reports from hostile (to the police) witnesses, whose voices were amplified and supported by a sensationalist, agenda driven media and the usual gang of political carrion feeders and we have people reacting to a picture that turned out to be a negative, 180 degrees out from reality.
Initial reports said Mike Brown was executed while he plead for his life with his hands up. Trayvon was an innocent little kid plugged while defending himself from a psycho cop wannabe white Hispanic.
In both these prior cases, the deceased was high, acting aggressively, were involved in recent criminal activity and had backgrounds that pointed to trouble.
In this case, the deceased strongly resembles somebody caught on video nearby holding up a store at gunpoint. Clothes, shoes and glasses the deceased is pictured as having recently worn match items worn by the robber in a released still from the store security video.
Social media posts show the deceased driver and the adult female passenger had a past history of getting high while in the car with the kid. They also show the deceased had a social media trail that make you wonder if he was just a tourist in gang circles or something more.
In the current climate, without a plate match or positive prior ID, how eager do you think the cops, or the administrators who make the rules for the cops, are to do a felony stop, on what could well be an innocent couple with a small child, based on “this guy looks like the robber” alone, knowing it would be filmed by every passer by with a phone?
Based on the radio traffic, the officers thought they had a possible match and decided to go with a less provocative approach...talk to the people and see what they say, how they act and if they can provide proper ID.
What went down after that is the crux of the matter. I’d say it’s reasonable to believe that the officers were not met with smiling co-operation. While it’s possible they outright murdered the guy on a whim, or the deceased had his gun out and tried to bring it to bear, my money is on something more in the middle, and there will be legal justification for the shoot.
As for the passenger, her story since has been inconsistent at best, and my money is on there being more parts to that video she live streamed then what we’ve seen.
I’m also pretty certain that the Feds are leaning on the local government and police to not release, at this point, any information that may “inflame” the diverse community, and that “timing is everything”.
I’d say the chances that we are now looking at a negative image of the true story are pretty damn good.
Someone with a brain, how refreshing. Yes, police have her phone, and I busted her lying about when she actually started recording: