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Original title: Body Cam Theater! Today’s Episode: “Another Dindu Bites the Dust”
“Police kill yet another unarmed black boy!” That didn’t happen, but that’s what social justice “warriors” would want you to believe. A black thug gets filled ventilated by cops and suddenly they all scream bloody murder before they even know what really went down. But this has to be a homicide! The poor innocent teen was shot in the back! Yes, he was. So this was obviously another cold-blooded killing by our LEOs.
Right?
Wrong.
FORT WORTH, Texas – The Fort Worth Police Department released body cam video of Wednesday’s fatal officer-involved shooting, and it appears to show the suspect point a gun at officers before they opened fire.
Because of “misinformation” going around on social media about the shooting, police “expedited” the release of body camera video, and it was released on Thursday, the day after the shooting.
That would be misinformation like this:
“A lawyer for his family identified the dead man as Amari Malone and disputed that he was armed.
Attorney Lee Merrit says three witnesses told him Malone did not have a gun and that security camera footage of the shooting offers no evidence that he pointed one at police.”
And this:
18 year old Amari Malone was murdered by a @fortworthpd cop. He was shot in his back as he ran away. Last week he celebrate the birth of his son. Media has already begun calling him a murder suspect. He’s not. He’s the victim. The murder suspect is the cop that shot him. pic.twitter.com/s2byHQtRWN
— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) August 22, 2019
Everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, right Lee? As an attorney you should know that. I guess that just doesn’t apply to LEOs though, right? You asshole.
“Malone’s older brother, 24-year-old Juvi, told reporters that his little brother didn’t carry a gun and that he was “a young black kid getting his act together” after becoming a father the week prior to his death. He claimed that police “didn’t need to shoot him,” and that he couldn’t have committed the homicide of which he was the prime suspect.”
Just another dindu turning his life around by carrying a gun he never carried and aiming it at police, huh? It is to laugh, Juvi. Nice name.
The shooting happened Wednesday afternoon in the Woodhaven area of Fort Worth near East Loop 820 and Interstate 30.
Officers were in the area at about 5:45 p.m. to talk to 18-year-old Amari Malone, who was a person of interest in a homicide that occurred earlier this month.
The body cam videos show officers drive up and try to talk to Malone before he runs away. As officers chase after him, they yell out that he has a gun. The video shows that Malone pulls out a gun from his waistband and points it at officers before they open fire.
“The pursuing officers defended themselves by discharging their firearms,” explained Fort Worth Interim Police Chief Ed Kraus. “Four of the pursuing officers discharged their handgun at Malone. Multiple rounds were fired. Malone was struck one time. Officers immediately started began providing medical attention until MedSTAR emergency medical services could get there.”
FOX 4 obtained a video from the convenience store at the shooting location. Malone was seen pacing back and forth on the side of the store. He raised his shirt at one point, revealing an object tucked in his waistband. You then see police officers rush in and Malone takes off.
The chief says Malone was a person of interest in a recent murder that occurred on Las Vegas Trail on August 5. Detectives received information that Malone was at the Woodhaven location on Wednesday.
Let’s roll the film and see if this was justified. I offer my most sincere apologies that the footage does not show the impact of the round that killed the thug, nor does it offer any shots of him squirming and groaning in agony on the ground in a growing pool of blood. I did my best to find a video that offered all of that, but I failed. Sorry.
But here’s what is available to us:
Attorney Lee Merritt represents Malone’s family. He says after reviewing the body camera video, it confirms Malone was carrying a firearm. But he says he’s skeptical of Fort Worth PD’s use of enhanced still shots and not sure they tell the whole story.
“I think it would be more appropriate to have my videographers, or any videographer, look over the video and slow it down and show it in motion as opposed to still frames,” the attorney said.
Oh shut the fuck up, you blithering cunt. Allow me show you the evidence that your race card playing eyes won’t allow you to see:
This is Amari’s gun:
This is Amari pointing his gun at police:
This is also Amari pointing his gun at police:
Any questions?
Merritt also questions whether Malone received timely medical treatment. He says he’s looking into that and is awaiting the medical examiner’s report.
“This family wasn’t looking and is not looking to blame anybody for what happened to their son,” Merritt said. “They just want to know. They wanted answers.”
But Merrit is completely full of shit on that point as well.
Merritt believes Malone could have survived had he received care more timely. MedSTAR says it was called at 5:48 p.m., which would have been almost immediately after the shooting, and was allowed to access the patient eight minutes later.
The officers involved have 17, nine, six and three years of experience. All four are on paid administrative leave, which is standard protocol.
And all officers will undoubtedly NOT face charges for this justifiable killing. Good work, guys. You have nothing to regret.
Oh, and Lee . . . just one more thing for you:
Go find another hearse to chase, bitch.
