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Thread #155651   Message #3681918
Posted By: GUEST,Troubadour
02-Dec-14 - 04:44 PM
Thread Name: USA, Black Lives Lost in Police Actions
Subject: RE: Another Black Man Shot by Cop
The shooting of Levar Jones was almost identical in nature.

The cop claims he approached him about a seat belt volation. The dash cam shows him coming up to Jones, who had just exited his vehicle, calling on him to produce his driving licence.

When Jones turned to the car to get it, the cop screamed "Get out of the car" and immediately fired three shots.

Jones came out of the car with a wallet in both hands and held it up to show the ID, and the cop fired again.

Off camera he could be heard yelling at the wounded Jones to turn over and put his hands behind his back. Then he came back into view picked up the wallet which Jones had dropped, examined it and threw it into the car. At no time did I hear him call for medical assistance.

He was quite correctly fired and prosecuted, Grand Jury and Supreme Court please note and do likewise.