Here is the released Walmart surveillance video of the killing of John Crawford. The FBI has synced the video with the 911 callers report as the scene unfolded. Prior to the below video, Crawford picked a BB gun off the shelf in the Sporting Goods section and carries it around in one hand while talking on his cell phone. Crawford walked around the store with the BB gun with a casual gait, in a relaxed posture, without displaying any aggressive cues. The BB gun was pointed at the floor in every scene where there are other people around. Nobody seemed to take any interest in him or the BB gun. The video beings after Crawfords arriving at this remote corner in the pet food section where there dont appear to be any other people, he stops, fiddles with the guns charging handle a bit, examines it, and casually hoists it up John Wayne style with the muzzle pointed at the ceiling a few times, all while he continues his phone conversation. At no time did he do anything that could realistically be considered threatening someone. At no time did he seem hostile or erratic. Meanwhile, the 911 caller is feeding the dispatcher a continual stream of horseshit, about him loading the gun, waving the gun around and pointing it at people. In the vid below, at 08:25:37 a mother (who herself later died of a heart attack in the panicked aftermath of the shooting) pulls up to the end of the aisle with her two kids, looks for something on a shelf, and then walks away with her kids in tow. Crawford is turned sideways to her on the opposite end of the aisle, still yakking on the phone, the gun pointed to the floor, seemingly oblivious that shes even there. To this scene the 911 caller reports to the dispatcher he just pointed it at, like, two children! In fact, Crawford is stone-still almost the whole time they are there, BB gun pointed downward on the side furthest from the kids. When the police arrive, ginned up on lying bullshit, the gunfire is almost immediate. Crawford seems to be unaware of their presence until the moment he is shot. I see little evidence of a comprehensible warning, but even if there had been one, there would have been no time to react to it before the bullets were flying. So there you have it. Lying Lair Drama Queen feeling important on the yack box + SWATted-up shoot first ask question later cops who are expecting a mass murdering psychopath with an Assault Bazooka but only found a distracted black guy with a toy rifle = Clean Up on Aisle 12. And now its official; nothing to see here citizen, move along. wlwt/news/surveillance-video-and-911-audio-of-walmart-shooting/28228506
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 05:12:36 +0000
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