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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: 9339
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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#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?
You've gone over to the dark side. I bet if this guy had been white you'd be singing a different tune.
"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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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):
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."
Rise in attacks on police reflects lingering tensions
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#11. To: Liberator (#6)
The "FREE THOUGHT PROJECT"? Again?? Not feeling its concern. The site shills for thugs.
#13. To: Deckard (#11)
#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.
Three witnesses all claim the officer never announced his presence or identified himself as a policeman.
#21. To: TooConservative (#20)
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Why no recording or lapel cam? That stuff isn't even expensive any more.
#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.
#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.
#24. To: GrandIsland (#23)
#29. To: TooConservative, GrandIsland (#24)
What else should a peace officer aspire to?
#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.
#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.
#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.
#35. To: TooConservative (#32)
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And you have the lowest rates of violent crime in decades.
#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.
#39. To: GrandIsland, Deckard (#37)
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#41. To: TooConservative, Decdkard, Perciles, GrandIsland (#39)
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/17/attacks - police-lingering-tensions/14210155/.
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