How Stephon Clark Was Killed by the Police: 23 Seconds, 5 Critical Moments | Visual Investigations
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At 9:26 on a Sunday evening, Stephon Clark encountered two police officers. Twenty-three seconds later, they shot and killed him. We analyzed the extensive body camera and helicopter footage frame-by-frame and reviewed the autopsy report to explain what happened.
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There should be no ability to mute or turn off a body cam. It defeats the whole purpose.
I know these devices are pointless at times
they'd need to be massive to hold the battery and store up to 16 hours of video and audio... unrealistic
Errant Runner no need to hold 16 hours of video. It’s definitely possible to have it record for the length of a standard shift. A tiny GoPro battery lasts 2+ hours. There is no issue to have 10 hour battery life.
@@r-prizzle2168 yeah, cops are constantly work doubles (8 x 2 = 16).
@@r-prizzle2168 you do realize they would then have to have a large storage system which cost money... a lot of money
*firing 15 shots*
„We need to know if youre ok“
Clark: yea all good homie
RUDE
People have been shot way more and survived
@@kennys.4139 stfuu
Bro dont worry it was just a prank
@@kennys.4139 that's just a video about what some gun said on a podcast but with a youtuber. This is a video with it happening
"He approached us and kinda fell down"
Ye that tends to happen when you shoot someone 7times
"Kinda" bruh moment
He had his gun pose prior. He also was breaking into cars before that. And then when the police were instructing him, he spazzed out and caused suicide by cop
@Jarod David lmao trained police officers firing a random number of shots into the dark when they're the ones aggressing on someone else's property and they dont even have confirmation that he's armed or dangerous? Also if it's dark as you're implying then theres no danger to the officers because if they cant see him then he cant see them. They literally smashed him with 15 bullets from 40 feet away...40 feet...no confirmation of a weapon, and they just go off on him like it's target practice
Im normally on the side of the Cops but not this one because just like the Daniel Shaver EXECUTION this was the exact same and these cops should be riding the lightening,,,,never gave Stephon a chance whatsoever.
@@Fazorplays you are clueless. instead of thinking that the cops did nothing wrong, trying to put yourself into the situation and see how you feel if someone with guns came into your back yard. also the police camera show no evidence that it was him who broke the window and the police totally over reacted.
Shoots man 50 times
"Show me your hands"
Only in America
No they shot at him 20x and only hit 7x
That's when training kicks in
They're trained to do that.
@@eluclid exactly they are trained to shoot till they stop moveing
@@goose9137 maybe they shouldn't then.
They shouldn't be allowed to mute ever. It should be public record.
Its prerecordet there is a 30 sec delay in a bodycam
What if they want to poop
Its funny because the state will use lip readers against citizens to male out what they’re saying but i doubt theyll do that to the officers
Ah yes because when a cop gets shot you really want to hear him scream in pain?
@@nickanon329 no, thats literally every bodycam...
*Shoots man 30 times*
twenty seconds later.
*You okay?*
Vegeta IKR
A man was shot 27 times and survived.
He was shot 7 times, and 15 shots were fired? You just watched this video where he said the explicitly they shot a total of 15 shots and landed 7 of them. This is why no one takes people like you seriously. It is just complete ignorance. No one wants to take the time and listen or do their own research before coming to a conclusion. Being a Republican or Democrat isn't the problem in America, its ignorance.
Jordan Wagner so?
Maybe he’s been play the Division too much
When they mute that camera..you know they did something wrong..
Nope it was justified ua-cam.com/video/_IN-YmosRME/v-deo.html
And they didnt do anything wrong, it was thought that he used his phone to act as a gun and that was when he was shot.
I mean everything was in the body cam there's nothing to hide.
@@tactiblox did you even watch the video.
@@scarecrow7347 Yeah I actually did watch the video
I remember wanting to grow up and move to America when I was a kid...I was stupid
i feel u
Dude me too, I’m finna die in SA bro. I’ll travel and shxt but nah bruh
@Jarod David Australia
I used wanted to go to the Bronx but never mind not after they killed junior 😖🕊
Same
should not be able to mute their cameras. At all. They get 0 control over them, or the cameras are worth nothing.
Twitchy POW hmm I think that’s called tampering with the evidence
the event was over they were trying to get their stories straight because it happened quickly. It's pretty standard because they knew what happened after the shooting wasn't important
@@illegalimmigrant7845 what you said
699
Plautes he had assault charges with his fiancée and broke into several cars ua-cam.com/video/_IN-YmosRME/v-deo.html
*20 shots fired*
Cops : *are you okay?*
Clark : *yes*
Soviet Union *foetus
i swear these cops have no logic. they shoot like a machine gun seeing the person go down without any movement. do they not realize that the lungs got penetrated and gasping for air? as if any person has the ability to say they are hurt.
@@golfmaniac007 Cops shoot until the suspect is on the down. Please stop making illogical arguments.
@@reparter1327 "....suspect is on the down." Oh-kaaaay. you're making logic sense there. please be quiet.
@@golfmaniac007 Typo=logic. OK.
Why do they bring up that he's black even tho no one knew if he was black, white, Asian, or haspanic
Life is still a life...taken.. No matter color 😣
I mean im white but i feel that, just like someone mention Muslim!
Because of clickss
Because the media wants more clicks to get more money from black lives matter people claiming this is racist. It is sad and annoying because reality is racist cops are not common at all and it just makes there job even harder than it already is
@Luke Mahan what he is saying is that nobody knew if he was black at the time though but the media just has to bring his race into it
Cops: *Unloads magazine*
Also Cops after: "Show me your hands"
The US military are subject to stricter rules of engagement than police officers.
IF MILITARY ATTACKS...ACT OF WAR
IF RANDOM COP ATTACKS...PAID LEAVE?
did u just compare military to common law enforcement
Think it has something to do with the military being taught to be less trigger happy, and to deescalate even in a war zone, than your local officer who gets all coked up when someone didn’t use their turn signal.
Some cops put fear of policing’s personal consequences over their professional responsibilities. When some police feel threatened, their ethical code tells them to fire first.
There’s another option. Soldiers know shoot-or-not scenarios well. A lieutenant, near Fallujah, Iraq, they had teenagers that would come a little too close, linger too long, near their fighting positions. Were they bored kids? Or feeding information to the insurgency?
One hot day, they started firing golf ball-size rocks at them with a weaponized slingshot. The right strike could have killed. Several soldiers wanted to shoot, which would have been justified. But they held fire - in part because soldiers expect to risk death.
Philosopher Michael Walzer calls this moral principle ‘risk acceptance.’ He tells the story of a World War I soldier that heard noises in a house’s cellar where enemy troops recently passed. The decision: toss in a grenade to eliminate the threat, or the chancier choice, to clear the underground room and ensure it wasn’t filled with civilians.
That soldier didn’t throw his grenade. He went in and found civilians. This is proper moral conduct at war, which is to say, ‘if saving civilian lives means risking soldiers’ lives, the risk must be accepted.’
This warrior’s code shows up in less formal ways, heavily influenced by Tennyson’s line that warriors are ‘to do and die.’ Consider the saying among soldiers and Marines, ‘death before dishonor.’ Or paratroopers that sing, ‘If I die on the combat zone, Box me up and ship me home.’ In northern Iraq, Kurdish fighters are called Peshmerga, which translates, ‘those who face death.’ Collectively, these underline a truth: soldiers expect death may come in the conduct of their duties.
The slingshot kids? They were just bored. They'll never know for sure, but at least they didn’t create several new insurgents, or enrage a family and city.
Similarly, good cops, when called to a burglary, upon finding an open door and likely subjects inside, do not pull back and call an artillery strike. They maneuver into the building at no small hazard to themselves. They accept the risk because that’s what police officers are expected to do. This is the professional standard
This is a FACT! I'm an OIF Veteran and we could only fire when fired upon, Most of the men in Iraq would walk around with AK's but we couldn't shoot them just because we were afraid they might try to shoot us. This should be a concern for all people in America.
I always enter my property by running through the neighbor's backyard and jumping over the fence too.
Exactly ! Innocent people don't hop over neighbor's back yard fences trying to get home to grandma's house.
Oh thank God I'm not the only one that does😂
U are trying to justify what the cops did
No we are trying to understand.....
It could depend on how friendly you are with your neighbors. Most people grow up with their neighbors, and if they have kids the same age as you that you're friends with, it could be how you guys get back and forth faster.
Why didn’t they announce themselves as officers? Why would they yell “gun” if they weren’t sure? Why didn’t they try to save Clarke after shooting 15 times? Why did they mute? And who wouldn’t run, imagine someone chasing you with a gun and yelling at you without telling you who they are, would you run?
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If they had just spoken to him and explained who they were, this all could've been avoided
Dude he literally walk to the officers after one yelled gun for the first time
@@a.c413 But did he knew there were officers?
@@vimalvillavan LOL he was breaking into cars and homes and was surprised cops showed up?
2 years later, people would have had enough.
Caller: it looks like he has some kind of pants on
Wow really?!!
He must've sent the sample to NASA to have it confirmed.
And a shirt too
Shut the fk up he was scared
Yeh they had to shoot him ,he had pants on Poor guy
No, not really, kids today think sweatpants are fashionable. No one with a normal IQ would call that normal/plain pants. So he was absolutely right. He was wearing those things you know, those rappers wear for the lower body.
Step 1: Scream at him
Step 2: Shoot him because of a "Gun" you saw
Step 3: Wait 3 Minutes before even think about helping
Step 4: Identify yourself as a Police Officer
Wait, was that the right order?
Haha
ua-cam.com/video/_IN-YmosRME/v-deo.html
The problem of having only 6 months training :v
Do you research before making mindless and stupid comments on and issue you LEGIT know NOTHING about.
He committed suicide by cop. Nuf said.
this is terrible...he was only 22 years old. and he lived with his grandma if she was home during this event it must've been horrific for her
if the police department doesn't like its officers to mute the body cam,
then why put the mute button on the cam at all?
why tf do they feel the need to shoot so many times
mattitup4238 police are trained to shoot until the threat is gone.
they shot him dead when he was lying on the ground.
gangsters are better trained to protect themselves and shoot than these idiots.
mattitup4238 because dead people can’t sue
Could've been non-lethal shots, if those hit his arm or legs that man would still be capable of firing a weapon.
mattitup4238 i think its more of an adrenaline rush. For all they knew there was a guy coming round that corner with a gun. Also alot of the shots missed so the want to guarantee hes down i guess
do they normally request a helicopter for suspected cases of vandalism?
Exactly
Depends. I think black is a code, maybe heavily armed person. Idk that's y they always unnecessarily unload like 1000 rounds
He was also trespassing
When he is running from cops they do
It was dark outside
We killed you but “we need to know if you’re okay” smh
Unloads a whole clip on a man
“Can you still hear us?”
What’s wrong with these officers
4 minutes later, “Police Department!”
@@optoggled6743 They still should’ve identified themselves.
@@optoggled6743 I’m pretty sure that Stephon Clark would’ve been far more stressed here.
@@optoggled6743 Yet they approached the house with guns drawn and were able to shout commands. You can shout commands with a preface of "POLICE!..." Literally have hundreds of videos of officers doing it as it's usually procedure if not already in gunfight. Out of anybody to expect to act correctly during these kind of situations, it's the police who are specifically trained to.
@@bobbyvo9906 👏🏻 👏🏻
The biggest problem I have with this chain of events is them not announcing that they are the police, closely followed by the repeated moves around the corner without attempting to communicate with the suspect and deescalate things, though that could just be something I don't understand as an outside party with no experience.
The biggest problem is the dude acting suspiciously. Why would ANYONE assume he isn’t a suspect if he is jumping a fence to get into his home?
@@KiLLJoYUA-cam Wow. Yeah. Such a dumb argument. Of course its his fault, that he is shot in his own backyard. WTF. Do you hear yourself?
@@KiLLJoYUA-cam acting suspicious isn't a crime.. and it definitely isn't a crime punishable by death. Literally ur such a fool
@@KiLLJoYUA-cam yeagh if he was acting like a normal person going through gates then they would of acted differently I think.
You are right though the cops basically charged a dude into a pitch black area and freaked out and shot him dead.
They should go to jail for destroying evidence by turning off the audio.
That's tampering with evidence but i guess it does not apply to the police.
5 Star journalism here. Everything covered in details and the only bad thing about this is that i am 3 years too late to discover this series. Been binge watching all day long.
They never shared the police side of the story as they are anti police
The police side is that they saw a gun but it was a hose handle it was not attached to the hose pipe and he was holding it as it was dark it looked just like a gun as he was refusing to surrender they fired thinking he was going to shoot
**shoots 15 times**
10 mins later
Cop: *you okay?*
*shoots 15 times*
Cop: **magically knows if someones alive or dead like its movieland** WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*sees comment from 11 months ago*
decides to do the same thing but with just a different time 6 months later
Well it's 4 minutes when they ask if his okay
4:57 you can see him get shot in the leg.
sooo?
No, it was one of those shots to the ribs or the spine which caused involuntary leg movement out of pain. The first shot was to the leg which caused him to fall.
yea easy enough when you have a pause and rewind button
he was never shot on the right side of his legs
Faizan Hassan He wasn’t shot in the spine while standing those shots came when he was crawling or lying face down
Show me your hands!
Body:💀
Show me your hands!
Body:💀
Show me your hands!
Body:💀
Skoldpadda Yea, it’s not like some people can still shoot back after being shot...
MrMojoman1236 I’m happy you can read English but you clearly have zero comprehensive skills
@@MrMojoman1236 if you shoot 20 times no they won't shoot back
It's almost as if that's what they are trained to do with tons of adrenaline running through their veins and they fell back to muscle memory. Hmm...
Is it just me or do ever cop sound the same when there yelling “stop stop stop”!??
Because they're yelling
Saw a police body cam were a cop was yelling ‘stop stop stop’ and it sound like a kid going through puberty having a voice crack.
@@noodles5438 I mean I've screamed the lyrics to a song on the radio, and can tell you, it at some point stops being a clear voice as you voice box gurgles out what your saying.
SHOOT MAN A BUNCH OF TIMES
HE’S DEAD
“ARE YOU OKAY?”
No the woman says we need to make sure you're ok
Says, not SHOUTS
It's not murder it is an legalised execution
Yes I’m okay, thanks for asking. I hope your okay.
You dont know how many times you hit or missed and people in wars are pretty much shredded from the waist down and live the human body can take alot
There are people who survive over 20 bullets ever heard of adrenaline yeah its a powerful thing
The guy below has a good point lol
*Shoots him 15 times*
“Show me your haaands!!!”
Cops are trained shoot until the gunman is down
SomeRandomHumanOnline_457 but he got shot 7 times and missed 8
I mean that’s how there trained, but ok be stupid
whatsgoingon07 not enough credit!
@@crackerjacks3563 that's funny, both gunmen survived this encounter
what 90's horror movie do these cops live in that they think someone will lie face down on the ground for 6 minutes just waiting to give one final jump scare? Does that really seem like the most likely scenario after you shoot someone 15 times? What world do you live in?
😂 Sorry to laugh but it sounds so ridiculous. These are not men, they are not boys, they are cowards with guns and nothing more
If you can’t tell a phone from a gun - and you mag dump on a guy lying on knees and hands, then you go to jail for murder in my book
Do you realize how similar the 2 look when both are held like a gun? Are you willing to die by assuming it's a phone held in an extremely abnormal way?
there’s way more body cam footage from before the shooting begins. it wasn’t a 23 second encounter. it also wasn’t “his own backyard”; he was getting chased by the police and fled to his grandparents backyard. Donut Operator has a breakdown of this entire situation on his channel. context is a really cool thing.
Still doesn't excuse that level of force. We had stricter ROE in Iraq.
dylan anderson i’m not trying to justify the force used, i’m trying to point out the fact that a news organization as predominant and large as the New York Times is blatantly twisting facts around or just straight up leaving facts out to fit an anti-police narrative.
That's how all of these news stations run. Leave out as much information as possible to skew the viewer to one side. Bias is a really not cool thing. Donut is great though.
dylan anderson it was an excuse of that level of force, Clark was holding a phone in a manner that a person would hold a gun. Context is very important. It was possibly suicide by cop. Donut operator talks about it.
@@0gray Right, you don't know the facts entirely unless you were at the scene, it may not be 23 seconds but you are going off what someone else said where then you come here to criticize on someone else's opinion and assume this person is wrong, this person being "New York Times". In my opinion the way these police officers treated this situation was also incorrect, they should have given him a chance to at least explain himself rather than assuming he had a weapon. He was also a man of colour where this could also lead to the fact that these cops could have been racist
Donut operator makes better breakdowns than you do
Also 1000000x less biased
Yeah. NYT should stick to cartoons.
You area legit hero
@@ggggbob1 he literally had a blue strip american flag as a green screen
@@ohnono8737 your point? you can still be an unbiased individual regardless of your own personal views
Policing in America, ladies and gents. Shoot first, ask questions later. Disgusting disvalue for human life.
He's dead, Then they say hello can you hear us. He literally shot and then the girl officer says I need to know if your ok. he's shot! Obviously he's NOT OK!
🤦♂️ 6:51-6:56 "he kind of approached us and then fell". down."
Can we bring back swords? I feel that could solve this.
I would rather get shot than have my legs cut in half.
I love your comment
Bok ahw ye mam
Well id rather have my leg shot than amputated
John W. [1K-11] many people have to amputate the leg after its been shot.
Girl: we need to know if you're okay.
Clark: (are you kidding me?)
No please tell us if you're ok
She's an officer, woman can be police too y'know?
SHe was asking the other officer :/
@@ewokelijah6625 who
Just to let you all know, body cam footage was analyzed and it showed that the man held his phone like it was a gun. Cops had to guess on stance of him which led to shots being fired. Kinda sad all the riots and what ever were caused cause information was made unclear.
How else would you hold your phone? That deliberately doesn't have any foundation in judgement.. you and these experts are assuming the analysis concluded that he held his phone like a gun. If I hold my wallet in my hand like a gun does that give every law enforcement member to shoot me? Just be happy the officers are alive and got paid leave for just firing their weapons off, which is why most people even join the force just to feel important and have a firearm...
Jose Cuello The man was being followed by police cause he matched a description of man that they needed to follow. Turned out he was that man. When police followed him and found him he was standing normal but when police announced their presence he pretended to pull a gun turning out to be a phone. My guess classic suicide by cop or trying to make the cops go back to cover so he can run away. He held it in a stance that would signify a pistol firing position. Police were un-able to see as it was in the dark of night and they decided to make several shots. Also they did not know all those shots would hit or if he would die. Awhile back a cop shot over 16 rounds in a guy and he still shot back. It took 3 head shot to make him stop and even then vitals showed on him. So the amount of shots I believe are justified. Also you think cops join cause they want power? Sure a few pathetic ones do but most join to make a change. There was was a cop who joined after the LV shooting. Or the other cops who joined after police were unable to help him when he was child. The problem with cops and people is mistrust and misinformation that circles with the media, the public and the police. I believe the cops did a good job with the info the got but the main problem was that the media likes juicy stories and this one seemed to fit. The police department should have sent out the report faster so the public can under stand the incident better. Police are not perfect, they have human flaws and sure a few are bad and should be fired or arrested but they do keep us safer than if they were not around and that I am glad for.
@@noodles5438 I call BS. Show us this video of him pointing at them with his phone like a gun. In America you gotta prove It. I hate this take the words of a police cause of his badge crap. Like he/she are not humans anymore and cant/won't ever lie cause of It.
Frankie Gunnz Here is a video of a guy explaining the shooting with the report and body cam. If you want the report in the description of video has the full report that the news did not tell anyone.
: ua-cam.com/video/_IN-YmosRME/v-deo.html
@@noodles5438 Cool. Thank you!
Thank god for Donut Operator’s video explaining everything.
I havent seen Donuts explanation to this video i take it he was on the side of the Cops ? i usually am as well but not with this one because just like Daniel Shaver this was ANOTHER execution by cop...no ifs no buts.
Yea I find a lot of dumb-dumbs in the comment section lol
Yeah i agree people really need to use more critical thinking and less emotions in these things
@@totallyawesomemusic3841 explain?
@@emanwhomakesbarrels701 so prior to this incident he was looking up how to commit suicide was on a ton of drugs and assaulted his wife/girlfriend and planned on being killed during the incident he approached the officer with his phone in hand as if it was a gun in a shooting position as he approached the police.
implying dead person would reply "yeah man i'm good, after you punctured my lungs"
zaki zaki hahaha
And heart, spine, ribs...
Do people not know what adrenaline is?
Trying to see if he was still able to respond or not, while they did have to shoot him, they don't want him dead, would you rather they just let him die when he has the potential to live? It's always better to check
Maybe in some kind of video game you would have acces to such informations, in real life tough... It is so easy to trash stuff that you don't really understand...
gets shot down
woman: WE NEED TO KNOW IF YOUR OKAY
Clark: nah just got shot a bunch not dead or anything
They'd all just stampede towards the suspect with swords flailing because they "feared for their lives."
@peace keeper you can't
Thanks for leaving the updated version link in older video. That's how I came to this video.
Guy was smashing windows, committed domestic assault two days prior and has a violent criminal history including assault with a deadly weapon. The cops definitely made mistakes, but Clark made a lot more. He didn't deserve to die.
I want to know how the Charleston church shooter and the Aurora movie theatre shooter get taken alive when they pretty much know that they’re armed and dangerous. Yet someone like this has to die?
I mean the answer is racism.
How was Stephon supposed to drop a gun that didn't exist?
weehawk exactly. How do you drop a weapon when you’re unarmed?
It's very simple, if you comply with police they won't shoot you. This isn't difficult for most people to understand
Molly Rasmussen
: if you ask too many inconvenient questions, someday police may break into your home and shoot you down.
so why is a helicopter scouting the situation? you all know they don't just use a helicopter for anything, in fact why was homeboy jumping fences? why is anyone not to mention a black middle aged man jumping through peoples yards with a hoodie over his head at 10pm at night.. oh it was also in may?
Explained here: ua-cam.com/video/_IN-YmosRME/v-deo.html
yeah even if it was a white guy they wouldve shot still
"LET ME JUSTIFY THE MURDER OF THIS MAN BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT MYSELF 🥰🥰🥰🥰 🥰"
@@adajisimon5799 your right they should of thrown some pillows at him and tickled the guy into submission.... he has every right to be jumping around peoples property in the middle of the night while having his face concealed. NOTHING SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THAT
@@adajisimon5799 LET ME JUSTIFY THIS MURDER BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU LOOK STUPID. ua-cam.com/video/_IN-YmosRME/v-deo.html try using your brain for once and dont just follow the first thing that comes along.
It should be illegal for the officer to mute his mic.... period!
So he gets killed for car vandalism
OhMy Llama no he got killed for his stupid actions he shouldn’t have ran if he would’ve followed orders he would still be alive
Father of two? What business does he have running around vandalizing cars and hopping fences?
so are saying he deserves to die?
Timah R. No he deserved to go to jail but he got very unlucky. But even if he didn’t get shot he was still extremely irresponsible (especially as a father).
@@GrandpappyLuke agreed
Y does that matter
VIVA LA RAZA because when ur in jail u can’t take care of ur kids
*man gets shot multiple times*
*man isn't moving*
Police officer: "Are you okay?"
in States, police clearly poses an image of threat not safety.
Ability to mute cameras? Yea, why bother wearing them at all?
Excellent video analysis.
How so? They say they don't know why the officer saw a gun, but what the officer saw was a metal object pointed at him, a phone. They likely believed this to be a gun and it was dark so it was hard to see anything. They made a split second decision and if he had a gun the officers could be dead. 100% justified. And this stupid news source making it seem like the officers just shot randomly.
HicaptainWorld why did they need to shoot him 1000 times? He was already down on the ground and they continued to shoot his body.
you shoot until the threat is over. just because you fall over doesn't mean you are harmless. If you are interested in why police do the things you do, i suggest watching DoughnutOperator as he explains these situations beautifully as an ex cop.
any one will stop. doesn't matter that black people run and white dont
Great shoot, great police work unfortunate incident. People’s ego and hate of authority get them shot and killed more than anything else. US needs to repeal all police brutality laws, if you tangle with the cops it’s on you, get the lawlessness under control.
I get dumber reading these comments
literally
Indeed
The pro police or anti police comments?
"ThE cOpS aRe JuSt RaCiSt"
@The Off Gods held his phone like a gun
Lmao imagine killing someone for mistaking a phone as a gun..
"let me see your hands!!!"
Stephon clark : "dude rlly -_-"
Yea really
Police are very scared... alway afraid...
Josh Ram they should be because there reputation proceeds them...
he had a metal object pointed at them, hmmmm is that a gun? I wonder...
Josh Ram exactly why they shouldn’t be working that job. The ones with guns should require years of training. There are too many way too many “mistakes”. If a doctor accidentally overdosed a patient, he would be fired on the spot and probably sued. Being a police officer carries a ton of responsibility and should be treated like any other profession.
Josh Ram
It's called being a coward!
Pingu's Father It doesn't that's why this video is not a reliable source for the insadent. If you check out other reviews of the situation you'd know that he pointed a phone at them and they assumed it was a gun in fear of there lives thanks to the way he reacted.
That was murder.
The American style of 'policing' disgusts me.
I will never come to America.
MrHappyBollox oh I'm sorry I wasn't aware the punishment for vandalism and trespassing was death by firing squad in America.
MrHappyBollox The violent police caused his death. They murdered him.
Maybe if he had followed the officers demands he wouldn't have been shot.
Bob McMurtry maybe if the cops were not armed... This was a murder and the cops should be prosecuted as such.
Lets put this in perspective. It's dark you can't see anything a suspect will not put his hands up or take his hands out. He takes out an object and point it at the police officers. If he had complied he would not have been shot. It is horrible that someone died but the police acted appropriately. And if cops were not armed why wouldn't anyone commit crimes. The police wouldn't have any possible way to stop extremely violent people . And what if there was a shooter how would the cops stop him?
Pretty obvious to me they thought his cell phone was a gun. I do think it is a problem when they did not broadcast they were the police; However, if he was out committing crimes then he knew they were the police so it wouldn't really matter. I think Clark moved toward the police because he was going to sneak inside the home and thought that when they jumped behind that corner it was his best opportunity. I think the door was locked so he knew he was caught but the shots were quickly and subsequently fired.
How can these tragedies be prevented?
1. Don't be a criminal... especially at night.
2. Don't wear hoodies because they scream "shoot me"... especially at night.
3. When you are in the act of being a criminal always keep your cell phone in your pocket... especially at night (even though he was probably calling someone to open the back door but he had time to put it back in his pocket).
He did not deserve to die, of course, but often the way we die is a reflection of how we choose to live. He made two children fatherless and that is sad on top of him losing his life in all the confusion.
Don’t fire off 20 shots without announcing that you’re with the police department.
Don't become a cop if you don't have the emotional stability to deal with stressful situations.
one shot and that guy was on the floor..there was no movement and u support those pigs...
this really goes to show police dont listen to what ur saying when they're in the mood to shoot
"Are you okay " smh
then one officer asked the other officer “are you hit are you ok” like wow its obvious they didnt get shot, all that was said knowing their cameras was recording.
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police protocol
this video explains why so many shots are fired ua-cam.com/video/pdjcYjSsIok/v-deo.html
They thought the phone was a gun, unless you can see night vision then it would be hard to tell if the phone was a weapon or not.
Presume guilt. Shoot first; identify yourselves as cops and ask questions later. If you get convicted, Trump will pardon you.
No more excuses for excessive force. "Law enforcement" shouldn't mean "above the law".
He did not follow their commands to show them his hands- and instead took his phone out. You come around a corner and 25 feet from you is a guy holding something RIGHT after you said MULTIPLE times to show your hands. In an adrenaline situation, split second- you see a gun, and you unpeek. When you repeek he moved even closer to you. What makes this unjustified??
+Zachary Lambert
1) Like the police, you appear to be seeing what you want to see rather than what is. Where do you get that he "took his phone out"? You seem to be fabricating an action you would like to construe as something that might look like pulling a weapon, yet I know of no evidence for this action.
2) You are asserting that lethal force is justified based on what cops assume. The worse the cops assume about a suspect, the more violent they can be. You are justifying the presumption of guilt as well as summary judgement and execution.
3) Police fired from a covered position with no civilians around. No one was in imminent danger. They've been trained and equipped as if they're paramilitary, and they acted as such.
Many conservatives are reflexively obedient and defensive of authority. They're eager to undermine due process and other constitutional protections out of misplaced senses of fear and duty.
It's a fact that this little "black angel" was robbing houses and breaking windows mere minutes before this. And he had an extensive rap sheet! Plus, his Facebook page has a video of him laughing as he films his buddy (another black thug) beating up and robbing a homeless man of his shoes. (and since the homeless guy was white, I'm sure they both got off on it, a lot)
+bassman5123 Even if all of that were true (and much of it sounds dubious), it would still be irrelevant in this case. None of that is the reason that the cops shot this guy and none of those crimes carries the death penalty. Even if they did carry the death penalty, he'd still be entitled to due process rather than summary judgement and execution. You're just making excuses for excessive use of force. Why?
ncooty except this isn't excessive use of force. Here's a tip, don't point a black object at the police after being told to show your hands many times
so they wildly shoot 17 times at a man standing in front of a wooden fence in a residential area with no idea what's behind that fence?
Sounds like reckless endangerment to me.
A man that was pointing something towards them that looked like a gun, especially because it was held like a gun. Would you not shoot someone who looks like he's about to open fire on you?
Murderers go to prison, unless they are part of the thin blue line
That's paid vacation.
Play stupid games, win stupid prices...thats the only reason he got killed for. That wasn´t murder.
Good. Midnight, jumping fences+vandalizing, then not putting your hands up and hands at your sides near where a holster would be. Cops make split second decisions.
I had the same line of thought
Either the decide or risk getting shot themselves
Thank you for letting me move from Amerikkka God... the land is built on pure evil (facts) and it’s people are demonic (facts) they think it’s ok to solve every issue with death in a violent manner.. 🙏meanwhile in the UK officers are able to defused dangerous situations with Batons
@@DerrickTwum You should movie to the best continent in the world,filled with boundless resources and everyone lives in harmony and joy.I hear they give everyone a bucket of cash on arrival.Food is free,its basically heaven on earth,they call it Africa.
They never said they were cops...I'd run from that too, whether I'd done anything wrong or not. Two wrongs never make a right, whatever Clark did wrong doesn't excuse these police officers disregarding all of their training, policies and guidelines on encounters. Those policies are in place to prevent tragic misunderstandings just like this.
6min to move in on a dead man...
They believed he had a gun, so why would they want to approach him? And if he was dead it shouldn't matter anyways... right>
Gotta make sure he's bled out first.
Is no one is gonna talk about why would he jump on the backside of his yard in the middle of the night rather than use the front door like a normal innocent person?
Nope, it doesn’t fit their narrative.
This video is stupid. He acts like a criminal then acts surprised when he is treated like one.
@@KiLLJoYUA-cam and stupid people just eats what the media shows them
The reason why the two initial officers didn’t begin medical aid is because the firmly believed he had a gun also. At the end the reason why the other officers on scene did cpr is so that the two initial officers didn’t plant or contaminate the scene
Wtf , they didn’t even let him respond in time .
“GET ON THE GROUND , GET ON THE GROU-“
*shoots 7 times*
Kpeezy Shaboi it’s crazy that a citizen protecting their house can get life for shooting someone once or an animal. The cops do it n nothing comes from it
"Get on the ground"
*Stands in gun stance position*
Gets shot
**surprised pikachu face**
U forgot about the gun gun gun part
@@mozleyp7098 defending his home?? please, read the articles. HE JUST ESCAPED FROM A SMASH AND GRAB THEFT A BLOCK AWAY.
he was just trying to get out from under the picnic table. poor man
You dont run and jump fences for no reason....
No I think he was applying for college so that's why he jump fences in the middle of the night.
That's true, but he didnt deserve to die.
Maybe he ran because two people were yelling at him. The police never identified themselves. You can’t think that the police officers acted with the best intentions
"LET ME JUSTIFY THE MURDER OF THIS MAN BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT MYSELF 🥰🥰🥰🥰"
Rich Robertson you think a gang member would say show me your hands
So are we not gonna talk about the fact that police have HELICOPTERS to hunt down people for suspected vandalism? Orrrrr nah?
Wow, i feel so save now
The question is was he the suspect vandalizing cars or not?
Yeah dude. The caller described him dead on.
No pun intended
Alex Yodson just cause he matched the description doesn’t make him the guilty party. I’m sure ten different guys in that community would match that description.
Stephen Kelly Black hoodie, black pants with white stripe. Then found jumping fences in people’s backyards? Yeah, that dude is 100% him.
That’s textbook probable cause. The cops didn’t do everything they could, but that unarmed black man is not a victim here
Stephen Kelly they guy was climbing yard fences from other gardens
0:00 - 0:33 how to find the perfect sensitivity
Never give a coward a gun. This is the results SMH 🤦🏼
So if you’re holding anything in your hand it’s deemed a gun. Makes a lot of sense.😴
Well atleast raise ur hand where they can see them
@@yajolrac1168 the cops were shooting already.
@TheMcFletcher it really makes no sense at all
@TheMcFletcher this guy that was killed by police didn't have a gun. But his phone was mistaken for 1.........
@TheMcFletcher cops were wrong. should've could've would've but the cops could have ask More questions before shooting
Such a tragic event. Very nice analysis. This is very high quality.
I like how u noticed they killed him 1st before even yelling out they were the police and identifying themselves
Your a moron...LMFAO...
They were chasing him, he knew they were police
He knew who they weee he was running from them, because he was a waste of skin.
Like your average neighborhood jokester has a helicopter?
only in america can a man be shot 5 times unarmed, lay on the ground motionless, then be shot 15 more times and be expected to respond calmly to people saying "you good?"
Police officers think everything is a gun 🤦♂️ who else agrees
Well at the same time you have to realize that they work a very dangerous career to be able to deal with the worst side of society that most don't ever see or even have to deal with. So when you have people who, especially in this day and age, speak with so much hate against police officers and whatnot, you have to be very cautious. Especially in a potentially hostile situation you need to be on your guard.
*Gets shot 25 times*
Cops: SHOW ME YOU'RE HANDS!!!
clark: ok
@@Lukaswilms i'm making a joke not a statement NERD
I don't know if I should listen to a guy who supports the fortnite equivalent of leafy.
@@erstlouis5899 wdjm
Call me crazy but, if he would have responded to the first "show me your hands, stop!" then maybe he wouldn't be dead? I'm just spitballing here.
tehkoalainsurgency he said”show me your hands, gun!” Actually.. not stop. MAYBE if the officer wasn’t claiming the man had a gun, his partner wouldn’t have reacted w deadly force ... just spitballing ya know
BoogFellaGames 0:39 He actually said "Hey, show me your hands. Stop, stop." There's captions there for you if you're having a little trouble comprehending.
tehkoalainsurgency you’re absolutely right my crazy friend, death justified.
the police never identified themselves as police when they were yelling at him. how was he supposed to know they were police?
and the bigger problem is the brutality of it. he wasnt doing anything extreme, yet they responded extremely.
They did not identify themselves as police. It's like if someone random at night yelled at you to show you their hands..
Please watch donut operator videos abt it, it's more explained and simple then this
Did donut cover this? I couldn’t find it. He’s usually really good about showing exactly what happened. Whether supports police or not.
@@Americancitizen1 yes it's in his channel
That’s why in England normal police officers don’t have guns, and only armed officers who are called for serious situations such as a drug house raid have guns
yeah but in england not everybody has a firearm
No question he was breaking into car or whatever but I didn’t know the penalty for that was death
Unfortunately
It was suicide by cop. He was trying to be shot by police by trying to look like he had a gun
It is! Someone breaks into my stuff. I want them dead. No matter what race
@3:31 we do know why the officer thought he had a gun. He raised his phone up like a gun
I don't know how you seen that!
Suicide by cop?
@angeloeastblanco dude. He was high and in the middle of the night from 30 feet away the cops just saw a mettalic flash and opened fire.
@angeloeastblanco Are you stupid? If you hold any object like a gun, towards officers, you're getting shot. Not to mention how far away they were and that it as night.
Dinogameplay 211 so should they wait for him to shoot at them first to see if he actually was raising a gun... perhaps HE SHOULD HAVE DROPPED PHONE AND DROVE HIS HANDS AND ARMS STRAIGHT UP until told otherwise. Use the common sense God gave you.
quick tip. don't run from cops pointing guns at you.
FBI crime statistics - Table 43.
Why was he running is the real question
Castlehill650 I think because maybe since the police officer just said "show me your hands" without stating that they were police officers. The man could have possibly thought that they were Intruders trying to rob him.
Tony Bologna Who else but police act in that manner. Of course anyone could act in that way, however unlikely. Any other guess is just mere speculation. However as someone who has in the recent past run the streets for years, you don’t run if you don’t have something to hide.
@@castlehill6717 you also don't shoot unless you know the suspect has a weapon and even then only if there trying to harm anyone how about right to bare arm's but even then he was unarmed wtf is wrong with people how can't you see this.
He obviously seen the helicopter circling the area and had to hear all the cop cars pulling into the neighborhood.
He was just jumping backyard fences at night for exercise
This breaks my heart fr ... 💔 no amount of words or anger or sadness can bring that man back I pray for the broken hearts this has caused. Rest peacefully knowing that you dont ever have to deal with problems or trouble of this world anymore! Your now truly free... 😔 #love
Julian Duran yes.... this guys parents completely dropped the ball on him.
That's what happens when you don't cooperate with the police, how were they to know if he had a weapon or not ?
He was holding his hands out in a shooting position with his phone. The flashlight reflected off the his phone, looking like a gun reflection. And he gets closer. What did he expect.
One of the dumb comments
Ryan why would I give u 30 videos I’m not gunna do research lol
Ryan I just said that I wasn’t gunna find 30+ vids for u and waste my time but ok
It’s not like he knew it was police
Its not like he knew they were the police, they identify themselves like 3 minutes after the shootout, and why i should be afraid and pointed with a gun in my own house????
Watch Donut Operators video. Clark walked towards the officers pointing his phone at them like it was a gun that's why he was shot.
I love that channel it breaks down shooting from police perspective
@@MONDACON100 true. One of the best channels on UA-cam
Mass media don’t want you to know this, they want you to think the cops saw that he was black and decided to shoot him for that reason, not because they said show me your hands, and he pulls out an object and points it at them
Donut operator is bias cop sucker.
That's exactly what happened here; also if you try to flee the police you'll obviously get in trouble. It's sad but this guy deserved what he got.
In the body cam footage you can see him take a shooting stance with his phone in his hand, but you cut that part out.
Exactly
And correct care would mean you do not shoot someone for holding a phone in a particular way.
@a bowl of beans you don't shoot an unarmed person
@@nahum3557 well they didn’t know it was a phone, that’s like that BB gun wall mart case
@@nahum3557 there was a guy a while back who made a pipe look like a pistol and began pointing it at people and people called 911 saying he had a gun, the police show up and he points the pipe at police and they shoot him. What were they not supposed to shoot him cause its a not a real gun and he's technically unarmed? In the middle of the night if i held my phone like a gun and your adrenaline was going what would you do? Just wait to see if you get shot or not?
“I find it crazy the police will shoot you and know that you dead but still tell you to freeze”
*firing 20 times*
POLICE : Show me your hand !!!
Clark : I'm dead dudeeee