This POLICE shooting is very wrong if as shown, this must be investigated and if as shown, these police must be charged with murder here! This is what 'bad cop' versus Buffalo 'Top' cop policing means
This Ohio police shooting is devastating
Buffalo police have shown over and over especially with the TOPS supermarket shooting, how to ‘calm’ their fears and not go in shooting…these Ohio police show what happens if you do not calm your fears…you kill unarmed people…you react out of fear of what someone ‘might’ do or who they are or who you think they are and not what they did. Police training needs serious work. I support blue 100% and will always, very special people, but when they do wrong, I have to call it out!
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Community organizations asked for a transparent investigation Wednesday, a day after Ohio police released body camera footage of a fatal police shooting that occurred earlier this week.
Donovan Lewis, 20, died at a hospital following the shooting early Tuesday. Columbus police say officers were at the scene to arrest Lewis on multiple warrants including domestic violence, assault, and felony improper handling of a firearm.
Police body-cam footage shows an officer opening a bedroom door in an apartment and immediately shooting Lewis, who was in bed. Lewis appeared to be holding the vape pen before he was shot, said Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant. No weapon was found.
Its not fair to be casting judgment this early from an incident. These situations are complex and require much discretion and attention to detail. That said, I watched the entire thing and my "knee jerk" reaction is that officers alerted everyone in that apartment H with clear and loud directions. Donovan did not comply and they had to enter that bedroom door under high stress. When that door opened, Donovans right hand was swinging towards the door/officers. The k9 officer shot one time.
Donovan absolutely heard the officers, his friends complying, the dog and the commands and failed to comply. This is tragic for everyone involved!
Lessons for Donovan: Comply when your home is being invaded by police
Lessons for officers: Deploy your lights properly when entering a door so you can better see whats happening.
Lets wait for the dust to settle before making too many more judgments, yeah?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO-W4o14Cgs
I’m a retired deputy sheriff of 23 years. Going into that scene and being hyper vigilant, I can only imagine how I would have reacted. Police need more training? No, police need more decent people! Times have changed BIG TIME! Thank God the JAB got me out! ✝️✝️✝️