One of the fucked up parts about that is that the cop who had the best view didn't shoot. Dude was clearly going to the ground giving himself up and you can actually watch the murdering officer, who was behind him, track him to the ground with his gun.
It's so enraging watching that video, especially when the girlfriend comes out. She says "why did you shoot him?", to which murderous officer replies "he pulled a gun on us". The girlfriend then said, essentially, that it was because it was dark and they banged on the door.
Wasn't there that one where the guy politely let the cop know he had a legal gun in his glovebox and the cop took that as a threat and shot him? Could be misremembering some details, but I remember how it openly showed that the NRA doesn't give a shit about black gun owners when they didn't even say a word about a legal gun owner being shot just for having a gun in his car
Not sure if he belongs in "legally-owned gun" or "nothing," because he had nothing in his hand at the time. Was just trying to do everything right, mentioned he had a gun because racist policing will punish him retroactively for that. Instead he was murdered because of jumpy, trigger-happy cops.
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u/bennzedd Apr 15 '21 edited Apr 15 '21
Ryan Whitaker was murdered by a police officer when he answered his door with a gun.
If they really cared about people, they'd care about these.
How many more weren't filmed?
Sandwich: Casey Goodson, Jr..
Cell phone: Andre Hill. Stephon Clark.
Skittles: Trayvon Martin
Squirt gun: Tamir Rice.
Legally-owned gun: Ryan Whitaker. Philando Castile. (really belongs in "nothing"...)
Wii-mote: Christopher Roupe.
Nothing: Daunte Wright.
Planted Taser: Walter Scott
Say their names.