Black Man Killed by Cops For Selling CDS

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Speaking to The New Orleans Advocate, convenience store owner Abdul Muflahi provided his own account of the shooting, which he says was preceded by the officers trying to pin Sterling to a parked car and firing a Taser at him:

At some point Sterling was tackled to the ground on his back, with one officer pinning down his chest, and another pressing on his thigh, Muflahi said.

Muflahi, who said he was two feet away from the altercation, said an officer yelled “gun” during the scuffle. An officer then fired four to six shots into Sterling’s chest, he said.

“His hand was nowhere (near) his pocket,” Muflahi said, adding that Sterling wasn’t holding a weapon. After the shooting, an officer reached into Sterling’s pocket and retrieved a handgun, Muflahi said.

“They were really aggressive with him from the start,” Muflahi said about the officers.

Sterling appeared to die quickly, Muflahi said. Just after the killing, the officer who fired the bullets cursed, and both officers seemed like they were “freaking out,” Muflahi said.

The store owner said he heard one of the officers say, “Just leave him.”​

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.co...-protest-over-shooting-by-baton-rouge-officer

Damn shame.

 

[Chesterfield]

****ing police.

 

[chaseter]

So dude had a gun?

 

[childeroland]

Don't you all worry. After a protracted court battle, the cops will totally get off.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Dude had a gun.
Wait, did he have license to carry arm?
Hello, HELLO, officers, did you check the matter entirely? There are reports to fill.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

So dude had a gun?

How does it matter if dude had a gun when he was already being tazed and pinned to the ground by one of the cops? Pretty hard to go for your weapon in that scenario. Also LA is an open carry state so him having a weapon or not shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Unbreakable Lex]

How does it matter if dude had a gun when he was already being tazed and pinned to the ground by one of the cops? Pretty hard to go for your weapon in that scenario. Also LA is an open carry state so him having a weapon or not shouldn't be an issue.

Even in an open carry state, you still have to have the gun visible. If the gun was not visible or in a pocket, it does matter. That is illegal. Only a concealed permit allows you to conceal a weapon. In any event, it does not appear the victim did anything close to warrant being shot. Cops should know how to disarm someone they already have subdued without the need to execute the guy. Damn shame indeed.

This is just another reason why I'm against guns being legal and on everyone. How are the cops supposed to do their jobs if everyone is possibly carrying a weapon that can kill someone with a simple pull of a finger? Cops have it bad enough with their stereotypes and the fact that many people resist arrest. Having more people armed only heightens their risk which in turn heightens everyone else's.

 

[childeroland]

How does it matter if dude had a gun when he was already being tazed and pinned to the ground by one of the cops? Pretty hard to go for your weapon in that scenario. Also LA is an open carry state so him having a weapon or not shouldn't be an issue.

Of course it matters. He was black. And selling CDs. Completely different.

 

[terry78]

Apparently dude was also a member of the Bloods, but if all he was doing was peddling outdated media forms that's still reprehensible what they did.

 

[chaseter]

How does it matter if dude had a gun when he was already being tazed and pinned to the ground by one of the cops? Pretty hard to go for your weapon in that scenario. Also LA is an open carry state so him having a weapon or not shouldn't be an issue.

It matters if he had a gun. It changes the entire situation. I'm not saying the cops are right because we don't have all the info. yet.

I am tired of all this reactionary BS because of race and all the anticop sentiment without all the facts.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

It matters if he had a gun. It changes the entire situation. I'm not saying the cops are right because we don't have all the info. yet.

I am tired of all this reactionary BS because of race and all the anticop sentiment without all the facts.

We have an eye witness account from the clerk who watched it happen. Of course that isn't good enough for you.

 

[Schlosser85]

Just because he had a gun in his possession doesn't mean he was trying to use it.

The fact that they fired multiple shots at close range after he was pinned and tazed doesn't look good.

But I agree we need more information to have a full judgment of the situation.

Something that doesn't stop the Black Lives Matter attention ****es and the "**** the police" people on one side and those who unquestioning defend the police on the other.

 

[KevanG]

Doesn't look good being an understatement.

 

[chaseter]

We have an eye witness account from the clerk who watched it happen. Of course that isn't good enough for you.

Because eye witness accounts are always 100% accurate amirite?

 

[Schlosser85]

It's pretty convenient thr their body cams apparently came unsecured and didn't film anything. I'm not saying it's impossible they came unsecured on their own, but it certainly looks fishy as hell.

How easily do body cams come unsecured?

 

[Unbreakable Lex]

Even if the body cams came off, they likely still recorded something. But I agree, the last thing a cop should want in this situation is for your body cam to come off. I'm the first to advocate for body cams and the first to raise the stank flag when the body cam is unreliable in a situation like this.

 

[KevanG]

Well the bodycams are late 90's webcams secured by scotch tape so I'm sure they fall off sometimes. **** happens, y'know?

 

[Teelie]

Just because he had a gun in his possession doesn't mean he was trying to use it.

The fact that they fired multiple shots at close range after he was pinned and tazed doesn't look good.

But I agree we need more information to have a full judgment of the situation.

Something that doesn't stop the Black Lives Matter attention ****es and the "**** the police" people on one side and those who unquestioning defend the police on the other.

Exactly and the title of this thread is horribly misleading. They did not shoot him for selling CD's.

They were sent there because someone called 911 claiming he pulled a gun on them although that so far has been unsubstantiated. They then saw he had a gun and shot him, presumably on the grounds the police just shoot people who have guns on their possession and do it multiple times if the guy is black.

So the title is wrong, the actions of the cops are wrong, the reactions and defenses of what happened are wrong and the one innocent in this whole situation is dead.

The facts needs to come out more before people start condemning/defending what happened.

That said though, the video is damning that these cops committed homicide. There was no reason to shoot him except for their own poorly trained overreaction to kill rather than subdue (which by every account they had already done). He had a gun but was restrained and it was in his pockets, away from his hands. And the convienence of their poorly secured bodycams just makes this situation look even worse because they totally ****ed up the best defense they had to show any justification there might have been.

But cops being cops, they will probably get away with literal murder. Again.

 

[Chesterfield]

How easily do body cams come unsecured?

Only when cops are murdering black people.

 

[Sawyer]

Yay, more Black Lives Matter protests!

Yay, more white folks immediately screaming "ALL LIVES MATTER!" because they're not currently the center of attention.

 

[terry78]

You guys do enjoy your attention.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

So dude had a gun?

A convicted felon and sex offender at that, which made it illegal for him to have the gun in the first place.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

A convicted felon and sex offender at that, which made it illegal for him to have the gun in the first place.

Yes because we should all be executed by the police due to our past transgressions. There is dash cam footage showing they clearly had him under control yet still shot him point blank. That's no bueno.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

Yes because we should all be executed by the police due to our past transgressions. There is dash cam footage showing they clearly had him under control yet still shot him point blank. That's no bueno.

Did I say he was executed because of that?

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Did I say he was executed because of that?

You implied that his death shouldn't really matter because of it.