Photo Raises Questions About Possibe Police Coverup in the Shooting Death of Jermaine McBean...

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McCarthy said he was in his car at a red light when McBean crossed the street in front of him, at a distance of six to eight feet, with the rifle.

"He had a white plastic bag around the center of it, but the barrel was sticking out one end and the stock was sticking out the other end," he said. "It was obvious it was a rifle. To be honest with you, the gun was painted camo but I wasn't sure if it was a fake gun or a BB gun.

"He changed his position two, three times, mainly just walking down the street with it. First thing I thought was this guy is going to kill someone."

McCarthy called 911 and the tapes show he told the dispatcher, with urgency and alarm in his voice, that it looked like a .22 caliber rifle or a pellet gun. "I will say this: He's not like acting crazy or aggressive with it, he's not shaking it or nothing," he told them. "I'm not going to say he's waving it, he's just walking along with it."

Two other people also called 911. One of them, a woman, said: "He's carrying what looks like some sort of BB gun, shotgun, I don't know what it is [but] it's camouflaged, and he's screaming really loud to himself. It could be a fake gun, but it looks like it could be real, too."

While McCarthy was on the phone, he saw McBean turn into an apartment complex. He said "cops came flying by" and he followed the last car onto the grounds.

Looking out his passenger window, he said, he could see officers corralling residents away from a pool off to the right and three officers moving in on McBean. Then he heard three shots.

"Bam. Bam. Bam," he said.

"He [McBean] dropped to the ground, the rifle bounced off the ground and I was sitting in my truck going, 'What the hell is this!'" he added.

"They all converged over the top of him and it looked like he was having a convulsion. You could tell he was in serious pain."

Police interviewed a number of other witnesses, including several people who were in or near the pool and variously described McBean as acting "crazy," "weird" or "high," according to a sheriff's report. They recalled police shouting at him, but the report does not say they saw him point the gun at officers.

McCarthy told police the "rifle was still on the subject's shoulders" when the gunshots rang out, a different sheriff's report confirms.

The disabled fisherman told NBC News he was traumatized by the incident and had trouble sleeping for a month afterward.

"His birthday would have been the end of next month and I have his picture and the death [funeral] card above the computer at my house. I think about this guy constantly," he said.

He said he has since met McBean's family.

"They don't blame me," he said. "I kind of blame myself, because if I hadn't called it might not have happened. I would still make the call but I regretted it because I had no idea they were going to zip into this place and shoot him dead."

McBean's older brother, Alfred McBean, an IT architect who lives in Pompano Beach, said he was a gentle soul who loved his work, liked going to amusement parks with his nieces and nephews, enjoyed deep-sea fishing and doted on his mother.

He said he is certain of two things: that his brother did not hear police because he was listening to loud music on the earbuds he always wore and that he would not have defied police if he did hear them.

"They could have just tackled him, or just tased him. Why shoot him three times?" Alfred Mc Bean said. "Criminal charges need to be filed."

His mother agreed.

"He's very missed, he was very loved and he was a loving and caring person himself," she said. "I can't wait to get justice for him."

 

[Allah_U_Akbar]

"POSSIBLE police coverup"??????

Shouldn't that read: "OBVIOUS police coverup"?

 

[skpjr78]

Its crazy how white ppl walk around open carrying assault rifles and never have any problems but brothers are constantly getting shot down for carrying bb guns. Shits crazy. FTP

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Its crazy how white ppl walk around open carrying assault rifles and never have any problems but brothers are constantly getting shot down for carrying bb guns. Shits crazy. FTP

Yeah, let's be real, if you're a black man walking around with a gun out in the open, you're asking for trouble. I'm not even just talking about the police. We already know they are going to go overboard, but you also got to worry about people calling 911 and making it seem like you're in the process of robbing someone.

It's like with the dude in Walmart in OH. The cops were out of line with what they did, but you can imagine they would be on high alert when the person that called them lied and said he was walking around the store pointing it at people.

 

[Ghostdenithegawd]

Dam nigga look like me and has the same profession, feel alot more bothered by tbisw than usual

 

[blackamerica]

Disgusting. This should be used every time they say "we felt threatened"

 

[CeLLaR-DooR]

Breaks my heart every time I read sutten like this.

 

[5th Letter]

I have no confidence that his family will get justice.

 

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https://twitter.com/nublackvision/status/604965707730833411

 

[AZTG]

the white dude who called and felt bad about it thought that the police treat black men the same way they do white men.

In other words, the dude who called saw a person with what might be a gun, and called the cops thinking the cops will come and question him and get down to whats going on.

He didnt realize that cops only do that for white people. When it comes to minorities, especially black men, cops shoot first and ask questions later.

And now, the white dude who called is saying he feels bad cause he didnt think the cops would come and shoot right away.

Smh. This is the definition of white privilege. Its not that they have advantages in society and they chose to ignore they do and act like they dont, its the fact that they never even have to take time to think about unfair treatment of blacks and they can live their whole life in a bubble.

 

[texas409]

https://twitter.com/nublackvision/status/604965707730833411

Cops gettingg awarded for killing an innocent man smh . A special place in hell will be reserved for them

 

[D0wn]

the white dude who called and felt bad about it thought that the police treat black men the same way they do white men.

In other words, the dude who called saw a person with what might be a gun, and called the cops thinking the cops will come and question him and get down to whats going on.

He didnt realize that cops only do that for white people. When it comes to minorities, especially black men, cops shoot first and ask questions later.

And now, the white dude who called is saying he feels bad cause he didnt think the cops would come and shoot right away.

Smh. This is the definition of white privilege. Its not that they have advantages in society and they chose to ignore they do and act like they dont, its the fact that they never even have to take time to think about unfair treatment of blacks and they can live their whole life in a bubble.

Nigga plzzzzz...

That i feel bad shit, is to exonerate himself.

Would that cac call the cops, if he were to see a another cac with a gun????

Like that indian guy, who was mistaken for a blk man . Would that cac that called the cops, call the cops on that Indian man, if that Indian man he thought was blk, was a cac? Would he assume he was casing garages??

Like Tamir, the cac caller knew it was most likely A toy, would he call the pigs, if Tamir was a pasty cac boy?

ya niggas can eat a dick for being stupid.

 

[nex gin]

Its crazy how white ppl walk around open carrying assault rifles and never have any problems but brothers are constantly getting shot down for carrying bb guns. Shits crazy. FTP

I wonder what would have happened to the black dude if the cameras weren't present.

[video=youtube;EvW_zBvJlsA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvW_zBvJlsA[/video]

 

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the white dude who called and felt bad about it thought that the police treat black men the same way they do white men.

In other words, the dude who called saw a person with what might be a gun, and called the cops thinking the cops will come and question him and get down to whats going on.

He didnt realize that cops only do that for white people. When it comes to minorities, especially black men, cops shoot first and ask questions later.

And now, the white dude who called is saying he feels bad cause he didnt think the cops would come and shoot right away.

Smh. This is the definition of white privilege. Its not that they have advantages in society and they chose to ignore they do and act like they dont, its the fact that they never even have to take time to think about unfair treatment of blacks and they can live their whole life in a bubble.

White people dont realize what white privilege is because they don't have to. They get offended rather than try to understand.

Came across this blog yesterday, written by a white female speaking on white privilege.
http://splashsurfer45.blogspot.com/2014/07/white-privilege.html?m=1

Not gonna copy and paste, it's too long, but it speaks to exactly how whites see this and what happens when they finally realize what this is

 

[D0wn]

the white dude who called and felt bad about it thought that the police treat black men the same way they do white men.

In other words, the dude who called saw a person with what might be a gun, and called the cops thinking the cops will come and question him and get down to whats going on.

He didnt realize that cops only do that for white people. When it comes to minorities, especially black men, cops shoot first and ask questions later.

And now, the white dude who called is saying he feels bad cause he didnt think the cops would come and shoot right away.

Smh. This is the definition of white privilege. Its not that they have advantages in society and they chose to ignore they do and act like they dont, its the fact that they never even have to take time to think about unfair treatment of blacks and they can live their whole life in a bubble.

White people dont realize what white privilege is because they don't have to. They get offended rather than try to understand.

Came across this blog yesterday, written by a white female speaking on white privilege.
http://splashsurfer45.blogspot.com/2014/07/white-privilege.html?m=1

Not gonna copy and paste, it's too long, but it speaks to exactly how whites see this and what happens when they finally realize what this is

White ppl kno full n well about white privelege...

They just don't give a fuck.

N y should they? they're Not the ones Getting fucked over..

Blk ppl dont give a fuck about themselves, but want white ppl to give a fuck about them ...

 

[VIBE]

They don't realize it, though, because they're not affected by it. It's ignorance.

 

[A Talented One]

https://twitter.com/nublackvision/status/604965707730833411

Cops gettingg awarded for killing an innocent man smh . A special place in hell will be reserved for them

Was it for killing that man though? That is not clear.

 

[r.prince18]

https://twitter.com/nublackvision/status/604965707730833411

Should we post this the next time a white person ask why we aren't outrage over a black man that kill an innocent white person or a cop?

 

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[D0wn]

They don't realize it, though, because they're not affected by it. It's ignorance.

They realize it, n are aware, but they dont give a fuck, because they're not affected...

Hence when other ppl ,especially blk ppl, do things like move into white neighborhoods , attend white schools.

Whites become repulsive, as if they're threatened. THere threatned alright. Because Their priveleged is threatened.

All that ,they dont know shit, is tricknology that the devils like to play..