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Title: Man Calls 9-1-1 After Finding Girlfriend Stabbed, Cops Show Up, Kill Him and His 3-Legged Dog
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/po ... tnesses-told-drop-weapon-shot/
Published: Feb 3, 2015
Author: Cassandra Rules
Post Date: 2015-02-03 07:44:41 by Deckard
Keywords: Badged Thugs, Murder By Cop
Views: 9698
Comments: 44
Decatur, GA– A family is speaking out and demanding justice after the December 29th killing of Kevin Davis, 44, after he called 9-11 for help.
Davis was by all accounts a kind and loving man. He was, in fact, so kind, that he invited a coworker Terrance Hilyard, who was going through a rough time, to stay with him and his girlfriend, April Edwards, in their small apartment.
On the 29th, an argument escalated between Edwards and their house guest. Hilyard then stabbed Edwards with a kitchen knife before fleeing the residence. Davis called 9-11, and the couple waited in their bedroom for help to arrive.
Shortly after the call, Davis heard gunfire from the front room of his home. He believed Hilyard had returned with a gun. Davis grabbed his gun and went to the front room where he heard the shots.
Tragically, the shots he heard came from an Officer Joseph Pitts, the first to arrive on the scene. He had just shot and killed Davis’ three-legged dog, Tooter. Three witnesses all claim the officer never announced his presence or identified himself as a policeman.
Upon entering the room, Davis was shot, twice, by Officer Pitts. The police claim Davis had been ordered to drop his weapon and did not comply. However, neighbors report that they did not hear the officer tell Davis to drop his gun until after hearing the gunshots.
“We have witnesses that will testify that they heard police yell ‘Drop the gun’ only after the shots were fired,” Mawuli Davis, the family’s lawyer has stated.
Davis was then arrested, charged with aggravated assault of a police officer, and transferred to a hospital in police custody, where he would die two days later.
The family is reporting that they were not allowed to visit him and so ultimately, Davis died alone while being treated as a criminal.
Kevin Davis’s family members “called, went to the the hospital, they tried everything in their power to see him so he wouldn’t die alone. So they could whisper something in his ear that would give him strength to keep fighting,” the family’s lawyer continued on to say.
Edwards was transported to emergency care, her wounds punctured an artery in her right arm, but she has since recovered, AlterNet reports.
A candlelight vigil held on Thursday evening drew around 75 people, Atlanta Progressive News reports.
“Black people have to now be cautious calling the police when we need help,” said Shakia Pennix, a local organizer.
The crowd then marched to Sawicki’s, a local sandwich shop where Davis worked, and where Davis’s co-workers have created a memorial. Upon arrival, coworkers spoke of the significant loss to their community.
“Kevin was the best person to work up front,” Sawicki said. “He was so friendly and so loving and he kept customers coming in. Here at Sawicki’s we are all about farm-to-table food, health, and being a positive force in the neighborhood. Kevin was all about that. I so miss his presence.”
“Working with Kevin was a blessing,” Jeremiah Sainz, a Sawicki’s employee, said. “He watched my back when I was going through a rough spell.”
The police are currently investigating themselves and will hand the case over to the District Attorney’s office after they likely find that they did nothing wrong.
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“We have witnesses that will testify that they heard police yell ‘Drop the gun’ only after the shots were fired,” Mawuli Davis, the family’s lawyer has stated.
Well, yeah, but he was black. So, you know.
The family is reporting that they were not allowed to visit him and so ultimately, Davis died alone while being treated as a criminal. Kevin Davis’s family members “called, went to the the hospital, they tried everything in their power to see him so he wouldn’t die alone. So they could whisper something in his ear that would give him strength to keep fighting,” the family’s lawyer continued on to say.
This particularly cruel tactic has spread nationwide. I blame the private police training companies for spreading these pernicious policies.
“Black people have to now be cautious calling the police when we need help,” said Shakia Pennix, a local organizer.
Gee, ya think?
You would think the cops would be embarrassed to shoot a 3-legged dog but apparently they've gotten quite brazen.
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
“We have witnesses that will testify that they heard police yell ‘Drop the gun’ only after the shots were fired,”
I wonder if these were the same witnesses who saw Michael Brown get shot in the back while his hands were in the air?
#3. To: misterwhite (#2) (Edited)
I wonder if these were the same witnesses who saw Michael Brown get shot in the back while his hands were in the air?
Attaboy!
Cop worshiping badge bunny.
Calling 911 shouldn't result in being executed by a cop.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts#4. To: Deckard (#3)
"Calling 911 shouldn't result in being executed by a cop."
He was shot because he didn't drop the gun he was holding.
You think he was "executed" because he called 9-1-1? You're not real smart, are you?
#5. To: Cassandra Rules@Free Thought Project (#0)
“Black people have to now be cautious calling the police when we need help,” said Shakia Pennix, a local organizer.
“ALL people have to now be cautious calling the police when we need help,” said Shakia Pennix, a local organizer.
FTFY
#6. To: Deckard (#0)
Oy. The "FREE THOUGHT PROJECT"? Again?? Not feeling its concern. The site shills for thugs.
Btw, that poor 3-legged doggie: Wuz it a toy poodle? Or rabid pitbull that lost its leg in the ring by chance?
#7. To: TheFireBert (#5)
“ALL people have to now be cautious calling the police when we need help,” said Shakia Pennix, a local organizer.
Nope. Just da hood, crackah.
"Powah to da peepel, YO!"
#8. To: misterwhite (#2)
I wonder if these were the same witnesses who saw Michael Brown get shot in the back while his hands were in the air?
Could be...
Could also be the same peepulls who be fightin' fo' da "cause," Homes. You ice-peepull got a problem wit dat?
#9. To: TheFireBert (#5)
“ALL people have to now be cautious calling the police when we need help,”
That goes for white people as well.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts#10. To: Liberator (#7)
“ALL people have to now be cautious calling the police when we need help,”
Nope - even whites should heed that advice.
Or haven't you been keeping up?
Whatever - calling 911 should not be an automatic death sentence.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts#11. To: Liberator (#6)
The "FREE THOUGHT PROJECT"? Again?? Not feeling its concern. The site shills for thugs.
You've gone over to the dark side.
I bet if this guy had been white you'd be singing a different tune.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts#12. To: Deckard (#0)
Sounds like the next country hit
#13. To: Deckard (#11)
"I bet if this guy had been white you'd be singing a different tune."
While you play the race card... I'll play the self defense card. He was shot because he called 911 about a potentially deadly armed assailant in or near the house... and when they arrived you fit the description. Not because you were black, but because you were carrying a gun.
Using the race card is so... so... Rev Al Sharpton like.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#14. To: Deckard (#10)
Nope - even whites should heed that advice.
Yeah, I get it and understand an over-officious police presense, but I question the motives of the authors and anarchists at that site. Seems to be a lotta exploitive race-baiting going on with this agenda. For an agenda's sake.
According to the 'Free Thought Project,' every cop is a villain, SWAT is hammering doors down for no reason or practice, and there is obviously some conspiracy to cull the doggie population. When "THREE-LEGGED DOGGED" is part of a headline, my BS Meter goes off -- not to mention the usual description of the "victim": "(FILL-IN-THE-BLANK) was by all accounts a kind and loving man." OR "(FILL-IN-THE-BLANK) was un-armed, gentle giant."
#15. To: Deckard (#11) (Edited)
You've gone over to the dark side.
Don't you know who these people are?? Come on -- "FREE THOUGHT PROJECT" are a bunch of hysterical divisive ideologues who aren't so much interested in "free thought," but in creating and repeating a meme ad nauseam, in knitting tapestry of LE incidents that by design are intended to hog-tie law enforcement. "Nice laws ya got there -- be a shame if something happened to them and its enforcers."
I bet if this guy had been white you'd be singing a different tune.
Why should I suddenly ignore every Crime Stat on the planet along with my own eyes and ears? For that matter, cops of ALL colors know the score in black hoods. Blue = Enemy. Whitey = Enemy. Somehow, I don't think you'll be making your point by strolling the peaceful, serene streets of Camden, St. Louie, or the south side of Chicago...EVER.
The next thing you know, 'The Free Thought Project' will be squawking about how Muslims are "facing prejudice, hostility, and racism" from "Christian Infidel Cops."
#16. To: Liberator (#14)
anarchists at that site
Oh my - is that what you really think that site is about, anarchy? You really need to take a look around and see what police departments have become .
They've become the standing army the founders warned against.
According to the 'Free Thought Project,' every cop is a villain, SWAT is hammering doors down for no reason or practice
You think SWAT raids are not an issue?
The use of SWAT tactics has gone way beyond the original scope of their intended purpose, and are now being used to go after those with misdemeanor warrants, parking tickets, organic farmers, raw milk producers, the Amish - shall I go on?
And that doesn't even count the increasing number of SWAT raids that were at the wrong address where some unsuspecting citizen was killed. Or some kid with a dime bag of weed jacked up by 'roid raging SWAT members.
OH - BTW sport, this story was first reported on a local news station, not FTP.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts#17. To: Liberator (#15)
"FREE THOUGHT PROJECT" are a bunch of hysterical divisive ideologues who aren't so much interested in "free thought," but in creating and repeating a meme ad nauseam, in knitting tapestry of LE incidents that by design are intended to hog-tie law enforcement.
Did they add fluoride to the water supply where you live?
Man, I haven't read such a load of malarkey since yukon left.
You do realize that the stories they post are taken from MSM news sources, right?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts#18. To: Deckard (#16) (Edited)
Oh my - is that what you really think that site is about, anarchy? You really need to take a look around and see what police departments have become .
I have looked around. But you also have to balance the propaganda on BOTH sides.
They've become the standing army the founders warned against.
Yes, we do have a problem. But I can't also dismiss the fact that the Marxists, the Hate-Whitey Brigade, and radical anything-goes libertarian play on the SAME TEAM.
You think SWAT raids are not an issue? The use of SWAT tactics has gone way beyond the original scope of their intended purpose, and are now being used to go after those with misdemeanor warrants, parking tickets, organic farmers, raw milk producers, the Amish - shall I go on?
By "Amish" do you mean Blacks? I did not know that ;-)
Look, you're preaching to the choir on this stuff. Yes, the Big State Nannies are way over-officious. Is my opinion news to you on these matters? I'm saying you still need to find a balance between LE's obligation and duties in maintaining the peace, and of those who are merely trying to tear it all down, and with it your own liberty. From BOTH ends of this spectrum.
(P.S. both ends of the spectrum just happen to coinside with the Hegelian Dialectic.)
OH - BTW sport, this story was first reported on a local news station, not FTP.
I guess this is where I call you, "Sparky." The FTP is STILL subversive. Even Gilligan believes the ACLU represents "freedom," so what do I know about pet propaganda cults?
#19. To: Deckard (#17)
Did they add fluoride to the water supply where you live?Man, I haven't read such a load of malarkey since yukon left.
Yeah. I must be hitting the sterno...HARD.
*burp*
You do realize that the stories they post are taken from MSM news sources, right?
Wouldn't surprise me. The New York Times, MSNBC, and CBS have been conspiring to destroy the status quo for how long now?
#20. To: GrandIsland (#13)
He was shot because he called 911 about a potentially deadly armed assailant in or near the house... and when they arrived you fit the description. Not because you were black, but because you were carrying a gun.
It's Georgia, not New York.
Black people do have guns in Georgia. And it was a stabbing that was reported, not a gunman on the loose.
Three witnesses all claim the officer never announced his presence or identified himself as a policeman.
Why no recording or lapel cam? That stuff isn't even expensive any more.
There is no excuse for this shooting. Some idiot cop went in guns blazing and killed an innocent man.
#21. To: TooConservative (#20) (Edited)
Why no recording or lapel cam? That stuff isn't even expensive any more.There is no excuse for this shooting. Some idiot cop went in guns blazing and killed an innocent man.
It's just not the cost of the cam. It's the...
Writting policy on cam procedure
Department wide training
Cost and time of recording media
Time to download and transfer that media to a hard drive
Officers assigned to save the info, review the info
An officer in charge to release recordings when FOILED
Every little change in LE is bigger than you think.
Hell, it took my department a half a year before computers and printers were installed in all the cars... then most of the veteran officers still resisted computer generated tickets... and hand wrote them until the bitter end.
If this was a bad shooting, I agree. No excuse. One bad act makes thousands of good acts look bad. I really don't know. I wasn't there.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#22. To: GrandIsland (#21)
If this was a bad shooting, I agree. No excuse. One bad act makes thousands of good acts look bad. I really don't know. I wasn't there.
How good can it look?
If he hadn't shot the dog, the victim wouldn't have thought the bad guy was returning.
Instead of idiotic Trayvon and Ferguson and that unhealthy guy in NYC, the blacks should focus on a case like this one.
It's not like these cases are unknown. It seems they deliberating choose to pick fights over people that are questionable.
I find this guy way more sympathetic than Trayvon or Mike Brown or that other guy.
#23. To: TooConservative (#22)
Instead of idiotic Trayvon and Ferguson and that unhealthy guy in NYC, the blacks should focus on a case like this one.
20 years without a lawsuit... I'm proud of myself. Some cops will say... "If you've never been sued, you ain't doing your job"
I always humbly disagreed.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#24. To: GrandIsland (#23)
What else should a peace officer aspire to?
It is a public safety job after all. Having the public suing you and your department generally means you're a failure at your job.
#25. To: GrandIsland (#23)
Not sure but I think you once mentioned being a NYC cop. If so I bet that was interesting. When I was teenager and a smart ass I got to be on good terms with an officer from the 103Rd prec. Officer Miller, he patrolled our street in car 585. Pretty cool older guy, I am sure he is long gone.
#26. To: darealjtidsguy (#25) (Edited)
I am a retired sheriff deputy from central NY
I know many NYPD officers and have trained with many of them.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#27. To: GrandIsland (#26)
Upstate is nice. Then again at one time Long Island was really nice too as was Queens. Have a friend who lives in Glen Falls. He and his wife spend Winter in Key West. Smart move.
#28. To: darealjtidsguy (#27)
I have relatives from Glen Falls.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#29. To: TooConservative, GrandIsland (#24)
What else should a peace officer aspire to?It is a public safety job after all. Having the public suing you and your department generally means you're a failure at your job.
We can go the British route and not arm the police except for a highly trained select team. We don't need to send armed police for most encounters which is domestic incidents, etc.
#30. To: Pericles (#29)
We can go the British route and not arm the police except for a highly trained select team. We don't need to send armed police for most encounters which is domestic incidents, etc.
At a certain point, you'd have to consider it.
I think you could do a lot to restrain shoot-first police incidents. Police should be better trained and they should not be able to assume they are immune from prosecution no matter how bad their conduct and judgment.
#31. To: TooConservative (#30)
think you could do a lot to restrain shoot-first police incidents. Police should be better trained and they should not be able to assume they are immune from prosecution no matter how bad their conduct and judgment.
Though I'll always suggest more training is always best, you must consider that part of the cause for this increase in police related shootings is in part due to a greater dysfunctional mindset of the general populace. Take in consideration that...
There is a lack of respect for any person
Greater numbers of drug addiction
Greater dependence upon government to survive
A recycling of dangerous felons back into society
And a multitude of activist groups and millennium generation thinkers that will find excuses for criminal and violent behavior.
Come on, let's be real. You have more of your peers walking around thinking it would be real cool to shoot up a school than when most of you were children. Of course there will be more instances of forced deadly physical force.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#32. To: GrandIsland (#31)
Come on, let's be real. You have more of your peers walking around thinking it would be real cool to shoot up a school than when most of you were children. Of course there will be more instances of forced deadly physical force.
And you have the lowest rates of violent crime in decades.
That has been accompanied with an ever-rising toll of victims of increased police violence.
Give me back the cops from 20 years ago if you want the populace from 20 years ago.
There can be little doubt: there is some very bad training and attitudes among police today that there was not in past decades.
Most of it comes from the No-Hesitation ideology and training being peddled to police now. I expect, if we follow this particular case, the officer received exactly that kind of training.
And I'm not saying you were that way or all police are that way. But there has been a sharp rise in unwarranted and even wanton violence from police despite the notable decreases in violent crime in recent decades.
Some cops today hesitate less than Dirty Harry ever did. And Harry avoided shooting innocent bystanders or crime victims and their families.
#33. To: GrandIsland, TooConservative (#31)
Though I'll always suggest more training is always best, you must consider that part of the cause for this increase in police related shootings is in part due to a greater dysfunctional mindset of the general populace. Take in consideration that...There is a lack of respect for any person
Nonsense. Crime is down.
I think the real reason we see all these cop shootings - like multiple gunshot shootings - empty the clip shootings - is when police forces transitioned away from revolvers to automatic handguns.
Maybe having to cock a gun before firing made you think about sending out that next shot?
#34. To: Pericles (#33) (Edited)
Nonsense. Crime is down.
Your crime stats are as accurate as your reported unemployment rate is.
I worked from 1994 - 2014 in law enforcement... and nothing was "down" except DWI's.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#35. To: TooConservative (#32) (Edited)
And you have the lowest rates of violent crime in decades.
First of all, I dont agree with this stat. It's distorted like unemployment rates are.
Secondly, it isn't violent crime incidents that are responsible for police related deaths and injuries. Cops don't normally die investigating or responding to rapes, homicides and robberies.
They get hurt most often responding to domestic calls and arresting for misdemeanor level crimes...that aren't classified as violent crimes. They also get hurt or killed during traffic stops for mostly non violent offenses. Traffic offenses/stops and domestics are on the rise.
Crimes against officers and outright resistance to law and order is on the rise... and LE will change the rules if your peers change the way they play the game.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#36. To: GrandIsland, TooConservative (#34)
Your crime stats are as accurate as your reported unemployment rate is.I worked from 1994 - 2014 in law enforcement... and nothing was "down" except DWI's.
Crime is down. That is a fact. Where were you a cop at? In NYC crime is way down. I mean how will they lie about the low murder rates? Hide them? I grew up in the bad days. It is nothing like that now.
#37. To: GrandIsland, Deckard (#35)
Crimes against officers and outright resistance to law and order is on the rise... and LE will change the rules if your peers change the way they play the game.
You mean, changing the game to commit fewer violent crimes somehow justifies a sharp rise in shoot-first-ask-questions-later behavior by police?
In 2013, LEO fatalities were the lowest since 1887, according to a report from pro-police National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
We see much the same in Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting on workplace deaths in 2013.
A little chart comparing 2013 and 2014 (also from NLEOMF):
#38. To: GrandIsland (#35)
Crimes against officers and outright resistance to law and order is on the rise... and LE will change the rules if your peers change the way they play the game.
Lol.... Ya, people are hurting cops hands with their faces much more nowadays.
Could it POSSIBLY be, that more people are being charged for these things because the police are just being more aggressive?
#39. To: GrandIsland, Deckard (#37)
A 2012 chart of work deaths (cops didn't make the top 10):
#40. To: TooConservative (#39)
"The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) reports that a total of 1,501 law- enforcement officers died in the line of duty during the past ten years, an average of one death every 58 hours, or 150 per year. These include local and state police officers, federal officers, correctional officers, and military law-enforcement officers.
Fact: Last year, 100 law-enforcement officers were killed. On average, over the past decade, there have been 58,261 assaults against law enforcement each year, resulting in 15,658 injuries.
Fact: New York City has lost more officers in the line of duty than any other department, with 697 deaths. Texas has lost 1,675 officers, more than any other state.
Just this week, NLEOMF released preliminary fatality statistics from August 2013 to August 2014. Total fatalities are up 14 percent, from 63 last year to 72 this year. “Five officers were killed in ambushes, which continue to be a major threat to law enforcement safety,” the group notes."
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#41. To: TooConservative, Decdkard, Perciles, GrandIsland (#39) (Edited)
Rise in attacks on police reflects lingering tensions
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/17/attacks - police-lingering-tensions/14210155/.
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