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Situation is unfolding but the cops are in full damage control mode. Local organizations are rallying. Picture is frames before the crime. You can see the perpetrator pointing their gun at the victim who is restrained and on the ground.
Full video of the execution was captured by @mudlord on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbGyT50BB1b
Obviously content warning and I'm hoping the little NSFW checkbox blurs the image.
Everyone's first instinct seeing something politically sensitive on corpo social media should be to mirror it asap.
Holy shit, they tackle him off his bike at speed, then he's already got 3 pigs on top of him restraining him, before another cop-car pulls up a pig exits, he tased then shot like 2/3 seconds later
They're probably going to go all in on the 'he was armed and about to shoot we feared for out lives' even though his hands/arms are clearly restrained. Or they'll barely bother with a cover up an no justice will be served to the pigs just like Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Alec Pretti and so many more
This is an isolated incident and the US is not an authoritrian police state btw
Trying to work out if this is another angle https://www.channel3000.com/news/full-video-police-involved-fatal-shooting-in-madison/article_2b47a3cd-49dc-46b5-bb20-8448f784378f.html but it's geolocked and https://archive.is/Rm2cJ doesn't copy the video it seems
This is another angle. The guy has a knife, but that wouldn't matter if the cops hadn't tackled him off his bike. And he is fully restrained before they shoot him right in the face. Once he is dead, they start kneeling on him and cuffing his corpse.
For context, this man was executed in broad daylight for "checking vehicles."
They claim two officers were "injured" but the entire interaction seems to be: cops were called cause a guy was looking at cars. They show up, he takes off. They knock him off his bike, grab him, pin him, and shoot him. He does not threaten them. He does not stab them or hit them. They're absolutely lying about injuries.
Honestly I can't even see the knife in his hand in the video. They just yell he has a knife, but his arms are being held and his hands look empty. They seem to pull the knife off him and toss it aside after they kill him. So if it was even his knife (which, let's be real, cops plant weapons all the time), he wasn't using it. Looks like it was in a pocket or waistband or on his belt or something from the angle they pull it off him
The only injury they possibly suffered is the blow from taking the bike at that speed, which was not the riders fault, although I'm surprised there wasn't friendly fire with how close and sloppy the shooting seemed
Looks like one of the cops shot the other cop to me. He has his hand behind the victim's head at the time he gets shot in the face and he flinches his hand away very sharply, even shakes his hand in pain afterwards. Bullet probably went all the way through and he took some shrapnel either from the bullet or bones.
https://cdn.field59.com/WISC/890411e81547786303c72f630a7f220939c5bede_fl9-720p.mp4
CW Closer graphic video
Someone should be able to download the video and mirror it.
They say “He’s got a gun!” Yet didn’t plant a gun. So much for sticking to your story.
CW: death https://tankie.tube/w/239tnKKYhMtSARRWoJ5p99
Thanks, CW you can see even more clearly what happens in this
~~I can't bring myself to watch the more detailed video but people are saying the channel3000 video is extremely graphic, more close up of his face afterwards, just a warning.~~ I'm mistaken, that's a different video I think, but any of them are distressing to watch to say the least.
This video is not up close, you do not see his face, just cops piled around him. It's not "graphic" but it is awful because it is someone's death. I still do not recommend watching the video; in the end, it's exactly what you expect. A bunch of pigs murder a man in broad daylight and then pretend to be helping.
Clearly shot while on the ground fully restrained. Shortly after, the cop with his back towards the camera tosses a knife off to the side, followed by a second item (ziploc bag?) also tossed to the side. Because of the camera angle you can't tell if they were found on the victim (pockets?) or produced from somewhere else & dropped, but I assume that's the justification they'll go with. No sign that the victim was actually holding the knife at any time.
You can see a pool of blood in the video, though.
Ah my mistake, that must be a separate one
Yeah, a good habit here for people is to save stuff you think is important. Includes anything, but especially stuff like this.