Last Monday, Jayland Walker, 25, an unarmed black man, was fatally shot by Akron, Ohio, police officers during a vehicle and foot pursuit. After a medical examiner determined that Walker had sustained at least 60 bullet wounds, he became the latest “victim” of police brutality and protests quickly erupted. The shooting occurred after officers attempted to stop him for unspecified traffic and equipment violations.
The Akron Police Department released body camera footage from the incident at a Sunday evening news conference which changed the earlier narrative substantially.
As previously reported, Walker was unarmed when he was ultimately shot by the police. However, the police reported that a shot was fired from Walker’s car about 40 seconds into the pursuit. A muzzle flash from a gun can be spotted on surveillance video and the sound of a gunshot can be heard on the officer’s body cam footage.
This new evidence supports the officer’s version of the incident.
Rather than firing at an unarmed black man with no provocation, police were responding to a situation which quickly escalated when Walker fired his weapon.
The press conference began with a recorded police report of the incident and the release of body cam video. The report said, at 12:30 a.m. on June 27, police attempted to stop Walker’s vehicle for a traffic violation and an equipment violation. Walker refused to stop and officers pursued his vehicle. [Timestamp: 16:40]
“Approximately 40 seconds after the driver of the vehicle fled from the attempted stop, a sound consistent with a gunshot can be heard on the body worn cameras of the officers. The officers notified dispatch that a shot came out of the suspects car door.” [Timestamp: 16:50]
The first video is played. The narrator says, “At the time of the sound, a flash of light can be seen on the driver’s side of the suspect’s vehicle.”
(Note: The flash cannot be seen in the body cam video. It can be detected on surveillance footage from the Ohio Department of Transportion’s highway camera.)
The pursuit continued. Finally, the car stopped and the suspect exited through the passenger side of the vehicle. He was wearing a ski mask. [18:00]
According to the narration, “The suspect fled the vehicle on foot, turning and facing officers momentarily. He continued to run evading arrest. Officers attempted to subdue into custody by deploying their tasers.” [18:25]
Unsuccessful, “officers reacted by discharging their firearms. [19:15]
Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett told reporters, “There was a gun found in Mr. Walker’s vehicle. At the time of the shooting, he was unarmed.” [Timestamp: 31:15]
“After the shooting occurred, we went back to the scene where we believe the shot was fired. A casing was discovered at that location, consistent with the firearm that Mr. Walker had in his vehicle. BCI will determine whether or not that casing came from the gun,” Mylett said. [36:55]
“And again,” he added, “independent of anything we did, the ODOT [Ohio Department of Transportation] camera captures what we believe to be a muzzle flash coming out of the car.” [37:20]
Mylett told reporters that the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations has begun a thorough investigation of what took place on that date.
He explained that when investigators arrive at a scene where a police shooting has occurred, they sequester the officers involved individually and ask them to do a “walk through” of what happened. Mylett said, “independent of each other, they related that they felt that Mr. Walker had turned and was motioning and moving into a firing position. [Timestamp: 35:25]
Without knowing any of the facts, Black Lives Matter leaped into action:
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
He was murdered by Akron police.
Say his name. #JaylandWalker— Black Lives Matter (@Blklivesmatter) July 1, 2022
The new evidence changes the storyline significantly, as evidence often does.
BCI’s investigation is still ongoing. Why doesn’t BLM do something novel, like wait for the report?
A previous version of this article was published on The Western Journal.
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BLM wouldn’t want to do a report when lying works for the news cycle, so well.
For lack of a better word, you just have to know who lies and who tells the truth. The truth is usually going to get out after all the lies have been dispensed, especially with an agenda driven media.
It’s just best to wait a few days, or up to a week for the truth to get out.
If an organization that freely admits it is basically a communist organization is left to be the purveyor of the news, news is of no value. BLM is a communist radical organization. Once upon a time we didn’t need things like body and vehicle cams. Good thing they came around, isn’t it?