Cops shot a black thug in Fort Worth earlier this month and of course without having the slightest inkling of what actually happened, the black community immediately called it murder. They gathered in large groups to protest, demanding to see the body cam footage of this cold-blooded murder, as seen here.
Now we have that footage and, as usual, the accusing protesters were wrong about the events that resulted in the death of a dangerous gun-wielding dump truck named JaC . . . JaKaway . . . Jackwivi . . . damn! It’s really hard to spell his name so I’ll just copy and paste it. JaQuavion Slaton. I still can’t pronounce it, but there it is.
Fort Worth Police Body Cam Video Shows Deadly Shooting Of JaQuavion Slaton
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – An officer-involved shooting in Fort Worth on June 9 ended with the death of a 20-year-old man. Today officials released body camera footage of the shooting of JaQuavion Slaton.
Here’s a picture of the little shithead. I chose this one because it kind of looks like he’s in an open casket.
Also of interest, is that I found this particular photo of him in an article from last April about him being wanted for “physically assaulting, choking, and pointing a gun at a woman at Victory Village Apartments,” a warrant which is mentioned in the next paragraph. Yet another, “fine young man,” right?
During a morning press conference the department showed body camera video of the scene on June 9 in the Stop Six area of the city. It was that day when police say they responded to a disturbance call involving a person with a warrant.
Officers say they searched for the suspect and saw the man get into a vehicle with two other people. According to police, when a traffic stop was attempted two people inside the vehicle, one of them Slaton, jumped out and ran.
Officers found one suspect hiding beneath a vehicle in the backyard of a house in the 5000 block of East Berry Street. He was taken custody without incident.
After showing the body cam video of that arrest, and before showing the recording of Slaton’s shooting, Chief Kraus said, “I show you that video to illustrate that our officers weren’t on a mission to take anyone’s life that day.”
Officers later found Slaton sitting in a vehicle parked in the backyard of a house.
Before showing the shooting footage Chief Kraus said, “There’s an expectation that body camera video is going to provide clear, specific details that give a definitive view of what happened, that is simply not the case in this situation.” The Chief said Slaton’s position in the vehicle obstructs the angle of the body cameras and that officer’s had a different view of the incident.
The body cam video played during the press conference shows a white truck or SUV surrounded by officers with their guns drawn and a person inside. The police officers are heard screaming expletive-laden commands to the person to put his hands up and put down the gun.
As officers continue yelling commands a flash of light is seen inside the vehicle and officers begin shooting – ultimately firing more than a dozen rounds.
“Slaton raised a handgun. Our officers perceived that as a threat and reacted. They gave him several lawful orders and unfortunately he failed to comply,” Chief Kraus said after playing the video. “The evidence collected on the scene indicates that Slaton had a loaded handgun on his person at the time of his death. Slaton fired his weapon, as there was a spent shell casing found inside the pickup truck that is consistent with the ammo found in his weapon, and the weapon found in Slaton’s possession is a different caliber than any other weapon that was on the scene that day.”
Yes, the scumbag fired his weapon first. But what’s interesting is where he was aiming. Notice in the opening sentence that I didn’t say, “Police shot and KILLED a black thug.” That’s because the thug was already dead. NBCDFW reports that “a 20-year-old man who was shot multiple times by Fort Worth police officers on Sunday shot himself in the head first, a police investigation has found.
Ballistics tests showed that a bullet from a 10 mm handgun entered and exited JaQuavion Slaton’s head, according to multiple law enforcement sources and a city official.”
Entered and exited his head. The slug probably didn’t encounter much in the way of grey matter on it’s journey through his skull, which is why it was able to go through and through. But a shot was fired and thus the police were justified in discharging their weapons. So they just added a few more holes to an already expired piece of meat. They just tenderized him. So what?
Several pedestrians can be seen in the video and the Chief said officers initially went behind the vehicle Slaton was in, but felt that could put citizens in danger. He said the officers moved to the front of the vehicle to use themselves as a barrier between Slaton and the public.
Take a look. The owner of the video has disabled it from being posted on other sites, so just click play, then click on where it says, “Watch this video on Youtube.”
But one obese “pastor” who looks so much like a bullfrog that I almost half expect his tongue to shoot out from between his lips to snag a passing fly, disagrees.
Rev. Kyev Tatum, a local community leader also offered his opinion on the video released by Fort Worth police saying the actions were “ruthless.”
Tatum (who was part of a group of community citizens who helped draft new policy on police use of force) said their new guidelines were not met in this shooting.
“Put time and distance between you and talk it out,” said Tatum.
Tatum believes since Slaton was hiding in the truck and police knew his location they should have surrounded him, and convinced him to surrender. He said the training they all took suggests when you have time and distance on your hand that is the proper tactic to take.
Rev. Tatum added, “Instead of them following the training that we went through together. Instead of following the general orders that we wrote together they decided to do it their way.”
The case will be forwarded to the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office and an internal affairs investigation will be conducted.
Kermit, I mean Kyev, it doesn’t matter whether or not the officers “decided to do it their way.” The idiot shot himself. He didn’t want to be taken alive. Had the police retreated and surrounded him, he probably still would have offed himself. Now toss his carcass in the pile with the others.
