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Unarmed Man in His Backyard Shot From Behind 7 Times By Cops
The World Socialist Web Site reports
On Friday [March 30], the results of an independent autopsy requested by Stephon Clark's family were released to the public, confirming that police shot the unarmed 22-year-old African-American man seven times in the back and side amid a volley of gunfire in his grandparents' backyard.
The incident began when two police officers responding to a report of someone breaking car windows confronted Clark on March 18. Body camera footage shows that, without identifying themselves, police demanded Clark put his hands up and chased him into his grandparents' backyard. At that point, one of the officers yelled "Gun!" and the two fired 20 shots at Clark, who was holding his cell phone in one hand.
The officers, identified as Terrence Mercadel and Jared Robinet, stood pointing their guns at Clark's corpse for several minutes until backup arrived, then handcuffed his body and made a perfunctory attempt to resuscitate Clark before pronouncing him dead. The officers then turned off their microphones for several minutes, presumably to get their stories straight off the record.
Autopsy results released by a private medical examiner hired by the family's attorney show that [the bullets of] Mercadel and Robinet [hit] Clark a total of eight times. Dr. Bennet Omalu's analysis found that Clark was shot four times in the lower back, twice in the neck, once under an armpit, and once in the front of his thigh.
"You could reasonably conclude that he received seven gunshot wounds from his back", Dr. Omalu told a press conference Friday adding that any one of those would have been fatal on its own. The doctor described extensive damage to Clark's body from the torrent of bullets, which resulted in a collapsed lung and a shattered vertebra.
Dr. Omalu also told reporters that Clark did not die immediately from his injuries but lived another three to 10 minutes after he was shot. He noted that, while it is impossible to say whether Clark would have survived had he received medical attention sooner, "every minute you wait decreases probability of survival." According to video released by the Sacramento Police Department, six minutes elapsed between the firing of the final bullet and the time CPR was administered to Clark's dead body.
The results further discredit the police narrative that Mercadel and Robinet believed Clark posed a danger to their safety and was moving in a menacing manner toward the officers when they gunned him down. In a statement, Clark family attorney Benjamin Crump wrote: "These findings from the independent autopsy contradict the police narrative that we've been told. This independent autopsy affirms that Stephon was not a threat to police and was slain in another senseless police killing under increasingly questionable circumstances."
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(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Entropy on Tuesday April 03 2018, @05:33PM (14 children)
That's what you need to yell for violent "protest"(armed mobs). No one cares about the 95% of blacks killed by other blacks, just when instead of putting his hands up some guy runs away, has something in his hand, and eventually gets shot.
"Clark had a criminal history, four cases in four years that included charges of robbery, pimping, and domestic abuse." This guy is an animal, make no mistake about it. If he were a dead white guy we'd never hear about it--You're just hearing about it because he's black.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday April 03 2018, @08:05PM
SO NAIL HIM ON THOSE CHARGES. Jesus fuck, what is so difficult about this?! Justice means trial and due process. It doesn't matter what he did, he doesn't deserve summary execution with no context like this. Maybe some of the other shit he did would deserve the death penalty, but if so, let justice be done and let it be known.
You're using this, which is just another form of "butbutbut WHUDDABOUT BLACK-ON-BLACK CRIME?!!!!11one," to distract people from the fact that you're completely fine with LEOs up and blowing a man to shit and gone for no reason. Screw you.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2, Touché) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday April 03 2018, @08:31PM (11 children)
Nice retroactive justification there. The officers that shot him had no idea who he was or his history.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 0, Troll) by Entropy on Tuesday April 03 2018, @10:52PM (9 children)
How do you know? Maybe they knew him from seeing him in the past? Maybe he was somehow identified in the call? He's a serial felony dirtbag that got shot, not some innocent college student. Robbery and Pimping? So basically he steals peoples stuff at gunpoint and participates in human trafficking. Oh, and also beats his baby momma.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday April 04 2018, @01:50PM (8 children)
Lets say you are right, they knew exactly who the guy was. Fine. Then it is just straight up vigilante murder.
Are you ok with that?
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Entropy on Wednesday April 04 2018, @07:38PM (7 children)
I'm not. But does it lend to the theory he did something to get himself legitimately shot? Yes. Did he follow what they said to do? Probably not. Did he show them his hands? Probably not. Did he point something at them(maybe a cellphone)? Maybe. Did he refuse to drop whatever was in his hand? Probably. He has a history of acting violently, and often times that comes with a history of acting stupidly. Shoving your hands in your waistband and coming out with an object of some sort can absolutely, positively get you shot.
All I'm saying is the history makes him much, much more likely to do something like not listen to what they are telling him to do. If they were telling him to do something like put his hands up that's a pretty big deal.
But none of the details matter. If the guy is black and the cops shot him then it's time to whine about it. We're still hearing about Alton Sterling today, why is that? He was a felon, he had an illegal gun on him, he chose to fight the cops, and he went for the gun. He had a history of impregnating a 14 year old when he was 20. He had a history of violent crime, and was a blood gang member. The "father of five" was a deadbead that didn't pay his child support. Sticking your penis into someone(especially a 14 year old someone) and impregnating them doesn't make you a father of five in any sort of positive way.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday April 04 2018, @09:23PM (6 children)
So to answer the question of the guy above you, yes, you are okay with straight-up vigilante murder.
Based on your comments, you are very likely a psychopath, and As Ani Fule Know (TM), those are like, scary and mentally ill and stuff. Maybe someone should shoot you just in case? After all, you Have A History...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by Entropy on Wednesday April 04 2018, @11:32PM (5 children)
My previous response contained:
"I'm not." [I'm not supporting vigilante style murders.]
"But does it lend to the theory he did something to get himself legitimately shot? Yes."
So no, I'm not OK with vigilante style murder. Did you actually read my post? If he did something to get legitimately shot, then it's not a vigilante style murder. If for instance he shoved his hand into his pants and rapidly removed his cell phone then pointed it at the cop, for instance.
Judging from your journal entries you're an intelligent person with often well thought out opinions. Are you not able to see past what you believe my intentions to be to read what I actually said? I would, for the record, say the exact same thing if a white/asian/hispanic male/female/trans was shot and had a similar history.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday April 05 2018, @02:14AM (4 children)
Past results often dictate future performance. You've soiled your "brand" well beyond repair in the eyes of anyone who has anything even approaching a decent human heart beating in their chest, and your post history speaks for you. "When someone shows you who they really are, believe them the first time," as it's said. You've shown us all too well...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Entropy on Thursday April 05 2018, @03:46AM (3 children)
If you can't (or won't) read/understand anything then that's up to you. Have fun with that.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday April 05 2018, @07:24PM (2 children)
Oh, I can read it just fine. That's why your brand is in the shitter and you have less credibility with me than a three dollar bill printed in red ink. You have no one to blame but yourself, and are once again showing just how apt your username is...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Entropy on Thursday April 05 2018, @08:21PM (1 child)
No means no, but I guess you don't believe in that.
It must be relaxing, in a way, to read "No" and then just act like I said "Yes, absolutely!" I'm sure there's a lot of freedom in believing everyone that doesn't think exactly the way you think automatically is evil in every single way you imagine evil being.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday April 05 2018, @08:41PM
Congratulations, you've just dethroned (think "porcelain" here...) Uzzard as the single worst case of projection on the entire site. Keep digging, shithead.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Wednesday April 04 2018, @07:42AM
Because if they did, it wouldn't have been a random shooting. And where's the fun then?
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @10:20PM
I hope you're a Christian cause you'll be burning in hell for sure. Suck it up snowflake, you're a racist piece of shit that can't understand why police should be held to a higher standard. Must be nice not worrying about being shot just for being in the vicinity and the wrong ethnicity.