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In article <t14vo9$2qd3h$8@news.freedyn.de>
<governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

On June 27, Jayland Walker, 25, an unarmed black man, was
fatally shot by Akron, Ohio, police officers during a vehicle
and foot chase.

After a medical examiner determined that Walker had sustained at
least 60 bullet wounds, he became the latest “victim” of police
brutality, and protests quickly erupted.

The shooting occurred after officers attempted to stop him for
unspecified traffic and equipment violations.

The Akron Police Department released officer body camera footage
from the incident at a Sunday evening news conference — and it
changed the earlier narrative substantially.

As previously reported, Walker was unarmed when he was shot by
the police. However, police reported that a shot was fired from
Walker’s car about 40 seconds into the pursuit.

A muzzle flash from a gun can be spotted on surveillance video,
and the sound of a gunshot can be heard on the officer’s bodycam
footage.

This new evidence supports the police account of the incident.

Rather than firing at an unarmed black man with no provocation,
officers were responding to the gunshot that had come from
inside Walker’s vehicle. Needless to say, the situation quickly
escalated from there.

The news conference began with the APD’s account of the incident
and the release of the bodycam video. The report said, at 12:30
a.m. on June 27, police officers attempted to stop Walker’s
vehicle for a traffic violation and an equipment violation.
Walker refused to stop and officers pursued his vehicle.

“Approximately 40 seconds after the driver of the vehicle fled
from the attempted stop, a sound consistent with a gunshot can
be heard on the body-worn cameras of the officers. The officers
notified dispatch that a shot came out of the suspect’s car
door.”

The first video is played. The narrator says, “At the time of
the sound, a flash of light can be seen on the driver’s side of
the suspect’s vehicle.”

(Note: It’s difficult to spot the flash in the officer’s bodycam
video. Later in the news conference, the police chief explained
that the muzzle flash is easier to discern on the surveillance
footage from the Ohio Department of Transportation’s highway
camera.)

The pursuit continued. Finally, the car stopped and the suspect
exited through the passenger side of the vehicle. He was wearing
a ski mask.

“The suspect fled the vehicle on foot, turning and facing
officers momentarily,” the narrator said. “He continued to run,
evading arrest. Officers attempted to safely take the suspect
into custody by deploying their tasers.

“The deployment of tasers was unsuccessful, and the suspect
continued to flee on foot. As the foot chase reached a nearby
parking lot, the suspect stopped and quickly turned toward the
pursuing officers.

“Officers reacted by discharging their firearms, striking the
suspect.”

Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett told reporters, “There was a gun
recovered from Mr. Walker’s vehicle. At the time of the
shooting, he was unarmed.”

Mylett added, “After the shooting occurred, we went back to the
scene where we believe the shot was fired. A casing was
discovered at that location, consistent with the firearm that
Mr. Walker had in his vehicle. [The Ohio Bureau of Criminal
Investigations] will determine whether or not that casing came
from the gun.”

“And again,” he said, “independent of anything we did, the [Ohio
Department of Transportation] camera captures what we believe to
be a muzzle flash coming out of the car.”

Mylett told reporters that BCI had begun a thorough
investigation of what took place on that date.

He explained that when investigators arrive at a scene where a
police shooting has occurred, they sequester the officers
involved individually and ask them to do a “walk-through” of
what happened.

“Each officer, independent of each other,” Mylett said, “related
that they felt that Mr. Walker had turned and was motioning and
moving into a firing position.”

The new evidence changes the storyline significantly, as
evidence often does.

Still, without knowing all of the facts, Black Lives Matter
leaped into action on Friday:

Black Lives Matter
@Blklivesmatter
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They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
He was murdered by Akron police.
Say his name. #JaylandWalker
6:28 PM · Jun 30, 2022

Black Lives Matter
@Blklivesmatter
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BCI’s investigation is ongoing.

In the meantime, BLM should try something new, like waiting for
the report.

https://www.westernjournal.com/huge-find-street-police-say- jayland-walker-fired-changes-everything/

BLM's millions unaccounted for after leaders quietly jumped ship

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/blms-millions-go-
unaccounted-for-
after-leaders-quietly-jump-ship

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