Surveillance video shows John Crawford III walking around the store with a pellet gun that he picked up inside the store.

A 911 caller would indicate that John Crawford III was pointing the pellet gun — which police would later discover to be a toy — at other shoppers, though there’s no way to tell if that’s true based on the video. The caller later recanted this statement. After the 911 call came in, Beavercreek police officer Sean Williams and Sgt. David Darkow responded to the scene.

Darkow said in an official statement that once he was inside the store, he yelled for John Crawford III to get on the ground, but that he made a “quick movement.”

Williams said in his official statement that he shot John Crawford III twice after he didn’t respond to multiple commands to drop his weapon and turned toward police in an “aggressive manner.”

The video, finally released to the public last week, doesn’t seem to support this. Williams appears to shoot John Crawford III right after commanding him to drop his weapon.

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Read the rest of the story, especially the first part where the father describes how he and the victim's mother had to hear the whole thing play out over a cell phone call.

Stop. America isn't racist. This is all lies. You're trying to start something with this thread. Lol jk. Sad, but nothing new.

So ****ed up. Have the police in the U.S. talked about how they're going to avoid killing so many black men? Any measures in place?

After a few too many mysteriously dying in custody, our cops wear cameras at all times. Sad, but hopefully it'll deter.

Again!?

Sarcasm. Relax. There's an incident every other day. It's sad and tragic but nothing new. I can give you a list of incidents that happen recently, like the guy in the car or the kid who wanted help, or the guy who was hiking all these folks were black. Black people, particularly males, aren't safe in America.

With all this incidents, I can only imagine the mental effects.

****, again? This is too much RIP

One of the worst parts about this is we've become so desensitised to this sort of story that I (personally) almost don't even feel anything. I can recognise that it's a tragedy, and I feel so horrible for his family, but I'm so used to this story that I'm not even surprised or shocked at all. That's terrible. When you hear about something like this, you should feel sick and on the verge of tears. You shouldn't just sit there and go "another one...what a tragedy."

I satarted to wear non prescription glasses in order to look less threatening to white poeple
since if they get a goosebump is apprently in their right to shoot me

But it's very obvious that this did not happen
I'm not sure if this is racism because my father is a Lieutenant at a University and he is told to shoot on sight of a weapon (which I thought was crazy) and to shoot to kill. Kinda scary conversation tbh.

The desensitization is real and it shouldn't be because it happens on a daily basis. I'm not sure why everything is getting so much coverage now. Is it because America has finally seen social justice or is the constant coverage a way to manipulate the masses into supporting anti gun laws?

I kinda sorta agree but I was still brought to tears when I read his father's account of what happened. I mean, the fact that these officers and the 911 caller were oblivious that the man could have family on the phone with him at the time... It's just so wrong.

Now see, I just don't understand how anyone thinks it's okay to live like this. I am so, so sorry you have to live that way.

Well damn. R.i.p.

At this idea of softening up your image so you are less likely to be shot. Truly tragic and not in the ATRL sense.