Caught on camera: Black Lives Matter activists threaten police: ‘You shoot us, we shoot you’
COLUMBUS, OH– According to a video posted to Twitter on Thursday, April 22nd, Black Lives Matter activists protesting near the site where an armed 16-year-old was fatally shot by police, threatened to kill police in retaliation.
In the video, an unidentified speaker says:
“We’re not gonna sit here and just sit around while you shoot and kills us and back to the suburbs. We’re sick…maybe it needs to be an eye for an eye.”
The individual continued:
“They shoot us, we shoot them! You shot us, we shoot you!”
In the days since the fatal shooting, activists have argued that Officer Nicholas Reardon should have attempted to de-escalate the situation.
According to the Daily Caller, Black Liberation Movement Central Ohio founder Kiara Yakita said that Reardon’s use of force was unjust because he chose to immediately use deadly force.
Yakita said in a statement:
“When I saw the body-cam, I noticed the difference in how they police. When it comes to black people, they do not like to de-escalate. The reaction seems to be to fear black people who are in conflict and to just try and violently stop them.”
She added:
“There’s not many questions asked, there is hardly any time spend trying to identify who’s the victim, who’s the aggressor, who’s the person who even called us here for help in the first place.”
Knoxville, TN – The mother who called the police to Austin-East High School on April 12 after 17-year-old Anthony Thompson beat up her daughter on campus again said she regretted her decision, blamed police, and called for “justice” for Thompson in the wake of his death.
Thompson was fatally shot by Knoxville police and a school resource officer was shot when police tried to take him into custody in a school bathroom.
Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen held a press conference on April 22 and walked the media through the bodycam videos of all four officers who were present when Thompson was shot.
Allen spent more than two hours walking reporters through the bodycam videos and most of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s (TBI) report on the shooting.
“This is a self-defense case,” she told reporters. “At the end of the day, we have found the shooting by Officer Clabough was justified.”
The mother whose 911 call brought officers to Austin-East High School has said that she regretted having called police on Thompson and blamed the school for letting the situation between her daughter and her boyfriend get so out of hand.
Regina Perkins gave an interview to the Knoxville News Sentinel in which she said that her daughter, Alexus Page, called her from the office at school and got permission to come home that day after she was attacked by Thompson, her former boyfriend of about nine months.
Perkins said that her daughter had scratches on her face and was missing chunks of hair, so she called the police and reported the incident.
The mother said that Thompson had been subjecting her daughter to mental abuse and domestic violence over a period of time and that’s why she sent police to the school the day he was shot.
She said she had tried to call Thompson’s mother first but she didn’t answer, and she also texted Thompson and warned him she was sending the police to the school.
Allen revealed during the press conference that Page’s mother had exchanged vitriolic text messages with Thompson for more than an hour leading up to the shooting.
Perkins has since joined the cadre of outraged parents who have accused the police of withholding information in the case, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported.
“As far as the events go, you know, I do apologize to the family,” Perkins said in an interview in front of the high school. “There was an altercation and I did make a police report, they did come down here to make an arrest for domestic assault on my daughter.”
“She wasn’t even willing to cooperate but as a mother, I was just tired. I wanted them to take a break but I never meant for anything to happen to him,” she insisted to the Knoxville News Sentinel.
“I never meant for any of this to happen,” Perkins said. “I’m sorry. And hopefully we get justice in this case for Anthony. He was definitely, definitely a good kid.”
Los Angeles, CA – Baseball legend Aubrey Huff called basketball legend LeBron James a “piece of s—t” and told him to “go f—k yourself” after James painted a target on the Columbus, Ohio police officer who shot a knife-wielding teenage girl on Tuesday.
Uncensored Truth about America’s Law Enforcement Heroes
“I have pulled dead, mangled bodies from cars. I have lied to people as they were dying. I said you are going to be fine as I held their hand and watched the life fade out. I have held dying babies. Bought lunch for people who were mentally ill and haven’t eaten in a while. I have had people try to stab me. Fought with men trying to shoot me. I’ve been attacked by women while I was arresting their husband who had just severely beat them. I have held towels on bullet wounds. Done CPR when I knew it wouldn’t help just to make family members feel better. I have torn down doors, fought in drug houses. Chased fugitives through the woods. I have been in high-speed car chases. Foot chases across an interstate during rush hour traffic. I have been in crashes. Been squeezing the trigger about to kill a man when they came to their senses and stopped. Waded through large angry crowds by myself. Drove like a madman to help a fellow officer. Let little kids who don’t have much sit in my patrol car and pretend they are a cop for their birthday. I have taken a lot of people to jail. Given many breaks. Prayed for people I don’t even know. Yes, and at times I have been “violent” when I had to be. I have been kind when I could. I admit I have driven to some dark place and cried by myself when I was overwhelmed. I have missed Christmas and other holidays more than I wanted to. Every cop I know has done all these things and more for lousy pay, exhausting hours, and a short life expectancy. We don’t want your pity, I don’t even ask for your respect. Just let us do our jobs without killing us” Thank You Police Officers of#America
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