The pest control guy. Horrible story. I’ve seen the video too. it’s so fucked. He was intoxicated, got shouted at with contradicting commands, and was just some kid begging for his life
Police Sergeant Charles Langley then ordered Shaver, who was lying prone, to cross his legs. Moments later, he ordered Shaver to push himself "up to a kneeling position." While complying with the order to kneel, Shaver uncrossed his legs and Langley shouted that Shaver needed to keep his legs crossed. Startled, Shaver then put his hands behind his back and was again warned by Langley to keep his hands in the air. Langley yelled at Shaver that if he deviated from police instructions again, they would shoot him. Sergeant Langley told Shaver not to put his hands down for any reason. Shaver said, "Please don't shoot me". Upon being instructed to crawl, Shaver put his hands down and crawled on all fours. While crawling towards the officers, Shaver paused and moved his right hand towards his waistband. Officer Philip Brailsford, who later testified he believed that Shaver was reaching for a weapon, then opened fire with his AR-15 rifle, striking Shaver five times and killing him almost instantly. Shaver was unarmed, and may have been attempting to prevent his shorts from slipping down.
Lonesome_Ninja on June 9th, 2020 at 14:25 UTC »
The pest control guy. Horrible story. I’ve seen the video too. it’s so fucked. He was intoxicated, got shouted at with contradicting commands, and was just some kid begging for his life
51674 on June 9th, 2020 at 14:28 UTC »
I saw the video on LiveLeak, the cop give him conflicting commands and shot him on purpose.
"Put your hands up, now crawl towards us, keep your hands up or we will shot you!"
"What?! Please don't shot me" start crawling again
"I said keep your hands up!" Bam Bam Bam
That's all the important part of the hotel footage
Edit: here is the video https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=c3b_1512717428 thanks to u/TwoTomatoMe
TooShiftyForYou on June 9th, 2020 at 14:37 UTC »
Police Sergeant Charles Langley then ordered Shaver, who was lying prone, to cross his legs. Moments later, he ordered Shaver to push himself "up to a kneeling position." While complying with the order to kneel, Shaver uncrossed his legs and Langley shouted that Shaver needed to keep his legs crossed. Startled, Shaver then put his hands behind his back and was again warned by Langley to keep his hands in the air. Langley yelled at Shaver that if he deviated from police instructions again, they would shoot him. Sergeant Langley told Shaver not to put his hands down for any reason. Shaver said, "Please don't shoot me". Upon being instructed to crawl, Shaver put his hands down and crawled on all fours. While crawling towards the officers, Shaver paused and moved his right hand towards his waistband. Officer Philip Brailsford, who later testified he believed that Shaver was reaching for a weapon, then opened fire with his AR-15 rifle, striking Shaver five times and killing him almost instantly. Shaver was unarmed, and may have been attempting to prevent his shorts from slipping down.
This was just terrible to watch, beyond awful.