White Cop Shoots Unarmed Black Man ... Seven Times, Point-Blank(Here we go...)

TMZ ^ | 8/23/2020 | None yet

[Vendome]

A white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin opened fire on an unarmed Black man who was simply walking away from him -- shooting him point-blank seven times ... and it's all on video.

You see the man walking away from a few officers ... who appear to be telling him to stop, with guns drawn. He makes his away around a car in a nonthreatening manner, he opens the door and attempts to get inside. One of the cops grabs hold of his shirt, and for some inexplicable reason, he unloads seven rounds at arm's length. The victim was flown to a hospital and has been listed as being in serious condition.

Protests are now growing by the minute. Many are demanding the swift arrest of the officer who fired the shots.

[familyop]

"the guy has a knife. you can see it in the video."

I can see that he had something in his left hand, as he was walking around the front of the vehicle. The object in his hand can be seen, while it is in front of his white T-shirt.

[dragnet2]

Look closely, that appears to tbe reflection from the paint on the wheel well or driver side front fender. Look at the same spot on the image to the left.

[dragnet2]

Look closely at the fender on the left at the same spot as depicted at the right. That appears to be a reflection or paint transfer/scrape.

[familyop]

Yes. That looks like a weapon, in the image you posted in comment #98. Thanks!

It could be a hooked blade. I saw a young man (convicted felon, perhaps?) promoting those on YouTube for disembowling people. He was saying that the blade was short enough to be legal for felons.

[Rainier1789]

Was this a time for a taser instead of a gun?

[familyop]

Maybe that's why they jumped away from him and drew their weapons on the other side of the vehicle.

Yes. That looks like a weapon, in the image you posted in comment #98. Thanks!

It could be a hooked blade. I saw a young man (convicted felon, perhaps?) promoting those on YouTube for disembowling people. He was saying that the blade was short enough to be legal for felons.

[\/\/ayne]

Yes and when I slo-mo-ed the video again it is definitely the reflection. However, he’s also definitely reaching back and pulling something out, most likely his keys. Not a good thing to do when gun-pointing cops are yelling at you to stop.

[rlmorel]

Black male felons probably make up 2-3% of the total US population, and account for 46% of all violent crime.

[Vendome]

Well, he’s dead now but, will live forever....

[familyop]

Looks like he might have put it back in his waistband or shorts right after turning from the front of the vehicle and towards the driver’s side. Not sure.

Someone else posted a picture of him closer to the driver’s door, but what looks like a shiny blade there is actually part of a shiny radius around the wheel well.

[Blue Highway]

Same here. Pre-planned for sure. Too much of a co-incidence it happens on the eve before the RNC convention....

[dragnet2]

Yes and when I slo-mo-ed the video again it is definitely the reflection. However, he’s also definitely reaching back and pulling something out, most likely his keys. Not a good thing to do when gun-pointing cops are yelling at you to stop.

I believe he was hitching up his shorts.

But still, it could easily appear that he was possibly reaching for something in his waistband. Yep.

[Blue Highway]

Letting him go to arrest him later? So basically catch and release for US citizens now? That worked out great for the illegals...

[Artcore]

Yep, it’s a reflection; you can plainly see it on the left image as well

[norcal joe]

It seems to me the officer reacted to something when the victim started getting into the car. Was there a gun on the seat and the guy was reaching for it?

[know.your.why]

Whats this??

[Artcore]

Just like the George Floyd incident, there is more to this than meets the eye. But the facts won’t matter.

[norcal joe]

Unfortunately you’re right.

[McGruff]

for some inexplicable reason, he unloads seven rounds at arm's length.

Maybe, just maybe the officer saw a gun.

[Rastus]

There was a movie a couple of years ago called The Hate U Give. It was about cops shooting an unarmed black kid. In the trailer, they are yelling at him to put his hands on the roof of the car. Instead, he winks at his girlfriend and reaches into the car for a hairbrush. They light him up.

The moral for the filmmakers: “Cops are killing unarmed blacks!” The moral for everyone else: when agitated cops tell you to show your hands, put your hands on the roof, drop what’s in your hands, etc., you better do it instead of being a smartass.