Off-duty officer charged with murder; affidavit indicates shooting wasn't self-defense
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) - Former Summerville Police Officer Anthony DeLustro made his first appearance in magistrate court after being charged with murder. The murder charges mean he'll eventually go to trial where he could face 30 years to a life sentence.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) says DeLustro was off duty when he shot and killed 39-year-old Michael O’Neal in a Chick-fil-A parking lot on March 20.
After three weeks of an ongoing investigation, talking to eyewitnesses and collecting video evidence, SLED’s lengthy affidavit states DeLustro did not act out of self-defense. Records show O’Neal couldn’t have reasonably been seen as a threat since he was unarmed and tried to leave the altercation multiple times.
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Offering the lesser charge of manslaughter for cold blooded murder is disgusting and an insult to his victim
Then make sure that you despise all Police Officers.
... Don't ever be fooled.
Muh thin blue slap on the wrist
Special badge for special privileges
SO, if it was the other way around with the police officer shot and killed then I guess the charge would have ALSO been manslaughter.
NO WAY and EVERYBODY KNOWS IT WOULD BE NO WAY!
Only for a yhete victim, right?
You choose to shoot an unarmed man driving away
Thats not self defense 😒
You need to start demanding answers why they got Involved in a blood feud. I have evidence they are involved in sex/drug trafficking. I was threatened by the internal affairs sergeant
Now they see what we be saying but they don’t get charged
Don't believe this clown cop....he is guilty
@@riorio-rt1oqThey don't care when it's us
I suppose that may be why they charged him with murder, huh?
Dude broke away from a bystander and went and grabbed his gun and THEN jumped into the other guys car to shoot him????? Guilty as fuck.
@cd, LIFE NO PAROLE
Keep in mind he's part of 2 protected classes of people. His co-workers dash friends have to investigate and then there's the local district attorney dash
" prosecuter " who has been accepted donations from the police union for years who of course is friends with the judge. I see ,not case dismissed but very minimal punishment.
1St degree murder as well
Hmmmm. The police union donates to the DISTRICT ATTORNEY for a reason. I see 6 months & they're gonna draw it out so he gets his full pension. Mark this comment for future reference.
Hello? 👮🏻? Innocent
One murder in 35 years, still makes him a murderer.
Who said he never did it before❓
We will never know, but I do know that his argument is flawed. We’re talking about murder! He’s asking to have his flawless record (considered) up until he murdered someone. How is that of any matter? He needs to be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
@@RaphaelDawkinsCombatRadio cop f-d up the game when he paused and said "substantiated" complaint. dirty dirty
So 99.99% of his life time he wasn't a murderer, but he is labeled by that small portion of his existence
@@nickkerr5714 Yes, just like all murderers.
I can't believe he's actually trying the "My career shouldn't be defined by one moment" excuse for a friggin MURDER
As we know, they’ll try absolutely anything in their desperation in any and every situation.
Isn't it strange that the ones begging for mercy, never give it.
The police are lying hypocrites. Never trust those badged thugs with your life or freedom. Or you'll be sorry. 😢
Spot on!
*"THAT PART"!.*
BECAUSE THEY ARE COWARDS !!
MY EXACT THOUGHTS!
“Never had one substantiated complaint” He’s been a problem for years but this is the first time he’s being held accountable.
The department shitcanned all complaints.
This is inflammatory. I am certain they investigated themselves and found no wrongdoing. How dare you impune anything different. Lol
Every time someone filed a complaint he was promoted
EXACTLY
Unsubstantiated complaints just mean that it's, "he said, she said." Doesn't mean much, especially considering that he started working before they had bodycams.
A regular civilian would not be afforded "forgiveness" under these circumstances!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even in justified shoots, civilians still get tossed in prison.
He isn't asking the court to forgive him.
@@mizzury54 Boy are U easily conned!!
@@mizzury54 - he asked the court for mercy, which he clearly doesn't deserve.
Cops are above the law.
" I never did anything wrong in my life, never one substantiated complaint against me" until he murdered a man in cold blood over nothing.
How "unsubstantiated" complaints were there I wonder.
Most complaints stop dead at front office when they refuse to give out complaint forms...
How many auditors we've seen refused those forms in police stations
Notice he said not one substantiated complaint. Wonder how many “ we investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong “ complaints there are?
All
Well, it was said in another report that he had a complaint regarding excessive use of force, but of course the department investigated itself and found no wrongdoing. I am sure there are more than just the one that was reported. More will come to light.
Every time one was filed he was promoted
Sounds like something an IDF soldier would say.
Probably got away with a lot when he was with NYPD.
Mercy….to take care of his wife and kids. What about the victim's family, who will never see him again it is time these tyrants start to be held for their actions there is no telling how many times he has violated people's rights when wearing the badge
That was pretty weak wasn't it.
Still only thinking of himself
He’s showing no remorse in this video.
ALREADY trying to HIDE BEHIND his kids!!!!!
@@trayberndude is in his 60s his kids are all probably grown 😂
This cop feels like he has a right to anybodys life
@@nobobyelse1789 He HAD “to help his wife WITH THE GIRLS”!!!! PAY ATTENTION!!!!
@@traybern calm down Karen. All that emotion is what got dude in this position in the first place 🤣🤣🤣🤣
They better convict the guy. No manslaughter plea deals either . Thats murder South Carolina
The man was driving away. He was shot as he was driving away. This is murder. He needs to be held accountable. 30 years to life sounds justifiable.
I could see a plea deal if there was only a small amount of evidence, but this guy climbed into another man's car and shot him. Why even talk about a plea deal?
I think they're just speculating about possible ways the case could go. The prosecutor would be nuts to offer a plea deal with overwhelming evidence.
He's a white cop
Whiitey.
@@seanm3463Uvalde police
White cops get thrown under the bus in favor for black and hispa ic cops that wont respect our rights. They already have 5 non white replacements for him. Because getting rid of white people is teally helping smerica fix itself just like the racist black and hispanics said it would, right?
this is what happens when you are never held accountable
100%
He’s never had one substantiated complaint. Curious to hear about the unsubstantiated complaints and exactly how those internal “investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing” played out.
And how many there were
Cops are perfect. They never make mistakes. Just ask them, oh they never lie either……………
I was threatened by the Charleston police internal affairs sergeant. I have evidence of the Charleston police involved in sex trafficking with JOSEPH LATHAM POLENSKY & the prostitute stripper MARY BETH HERSHBERGER
The uniform represents cowardice and dishonor.
A former NYPD officer!!!
Please god do not let this man plea to voluntary manslaughter. This needs to go to trial and he needs to receive the maximum sentence.
The victims dad was also a police officer for 30 years in that same city I believe. So that might sway the pendulum of justice
old man killer at large judge lies says old man throws first punch video evidence says other wise black cop serves no prison time for killing 71 year old man the cop gets denied entry to a bar watch till very end ua-cam.com/video/VPCDq67wC5A/v-deo.html
I hope you're right. I have a bad feeling. They're going to charge him with manslaughter.
Thin blue line
Witnesses say the off duty cop was the primary aggressor ...that should be enough for the jury to put him away . We need to hold the really bad cops accountable because they make the good ones look bad and that's not good at all. Then you have a situation where no one wants to be a cop
The Charleston police department is involved in sex trafficking I have evidence of them covering up for burglar druggy violent pimpJOSEPH LATHAM POLENSKY & prostitute stripper MARY BETH HERSHBERGER in a March child molestation investigation. Days after falsifying an investigation to cover up evidence JOSEPH LATHAM POLENSKY was arrested for his 3+driving under drugs.....
never under estimated the power of boot lickers
You are assuming there are good ones? It is rare to see one cop come forward to stop a bad cops actions.
You don't understand because you have been fooled.
...It is in the Police Academy, that everyone finds out that everything will be overly corrupt with their Police Departments (and much worse than that).
...The honest people then refuse to continue on to be Police Officers.
... The one's that stayed on after knowing this are Part Rat / Part Weasel.
...All Cops are corrupt.
They all live selfishly for themselves and their criminal Police Departments, as criminal money extortion agents against the people for their State Governments.
...This is their personal incentives and promotions.
... Don't ever be fooled by their very fake disguises of protecting and serving.
.
Good cops know if they get involved they will be ostracized. They are all bad. Maybe 2% are actually morally good cops.
Did he said he want to go home to his wife and girls? No Mr, you should be locked up, anger management won't help you.
Where is the discipline,? the maturity? 35 years,and he can't keep a lid on his emotions?
Kinda makes you wonder how many victims he's got under his belt.
He couldn't handle someone not following his unlawful commands ...
It was just right down the road where a police officer shot a man in the back running away from him and killed the veteran. These police officers never learn because they have huge egos.
That's why they take the job, that gun and badge makes em feel invincible. Most these guys were bullied in school and like to do this stuff when they get older ...it's called the abuse cycle
@@whitetiger5181those ones are the guys that no girl wanted to date in high-school, it's called little man syndrome. Problem is at least 50% of men have it and are ALWAYS trying to exercise their dominance over every little thing
They never face any consequences for wrongdoing
Yes, the same part of the county. Close to Charleston sc.
They don't learn because they are RARELY held to account. They don't pay the settlements, rarely are charged and even rarer to get convicted. No accountability = total corruption.
He "never had 1 substantiated complaint." Ummm, that's because you only investigate yourselves. Yet he's comfortable enough to shoot someone as they drive away from him in a public parking lot.
Or they retire/resign before accountability happens. Sickening
He doesn't say how complaints there actually were. That would probably be a bit damning.
@@TheQuantumWave also an outright lie. this video even admits there are complaints pending against him in another case.
Mercy for me but not for thee. Disgusting !
How scary is it that a man with so much anger and such a lack of self control would be able to hold anyone they want at gun point for decades as a police officer.
Right
fucking DECADES this man made life and death decisions for the ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. we are in hell
Exactly and another cop just got arrested for raping an infant. Anyone can get a gun and Badge.
He was not a cop when he commented murder. On duty he wouldn't be on trial
On duty or not a sworn officer is always an officer and accountable as such
Commented murder?
Notice he said “I never had one substantiated complaint”. No mercy for this criminal. How dare he ask for mercy when he didn’t let his victim leave in peace.
35 years of always being able to punish someone if he didn't like them.
35 years of bullying and threatening in New York and South carolina
Life in Prison with no possibility of parole.
General population
Injection
As a Catholic I can't support that, but I understand why people feel that way. Our Father in Heaven knows our hearts.
@@geeewiz2231 - your religion has nothing to do with the fact that this turd deserves to be locked away for the rest of his natural life. If your fairy tale sky daddy knew his heart, why didn't "He" change it?
@@geeewiz2231God mandated capital punishment for certain crimes
With his police training, experience and knowledge of firearm laws this officer should be held to a HIGHER standard than any civilian charged with the same circumstances.
SC should not offer a plea deal
You can be sure that they’ll investigate themselves and somehow it will be that he’ll get off. He’ll be reinstated back on the streets with full pension in a month.
@@ammo1033. . . not in this instance. The victim was a White male. This police officer has seen his last free day.
South Carolina has the most violent police I have ever experienced! I was driving through SC, and there were other vehicles that were going the same way as I was for a few states. I saw the SC police pull cars over for no reason at all. I stopped at a gas station and had my dog. The people working inside the store were waving to me, asking me to bring my dog into the store. I brought my dog in, and a cop came up behind me and started getting violent with me. The people in the store were trying to tell this violent cop they invited him in. There's a sickness down there! I don't know what's wrong but it is definitely scary and the police are the worst part of it.
It’s everywhere dude, not just SC. The same as if you never corrected your dog for non stop barking, you think it would just stop on its own?
@@HWG-wm8ld I'm not from SC. I was driving through and yeah it is wide spread. SC was on another level.
You ask for mercy , but had no mercy !
An unhinged, trigger happy cop. What a shocker.
Well he is so used to just saying whatever he wants and getting away with it to justify any actions that he takes. He forgot he was off duty and that there were people watching.
The only thing surprising about this is that the officer was actually charged. I'm sure he thought his "brothers in blue" would cover for him.
Most likely WAY too many witnesses with video. Otherwise they would have.
Locked him up for life
An example needs to be made to send him to prison . He only cares about HIS own family and thinks he should be allowed in society 😮
Murderer needs to spend the rest of his short life in prison. Shameful
What was the fight about? The fact he entered the man’s car -over what?
I used to go to this bar in a major metropolitan city with cops from work. It was a known cop hangout but trendy with non-cops. We were from the next county over. The male cops would walk in the bar and hand their guns to the bartender who would wrap them in a towel and stash them behind the bar. This was big trendy bar always packed. It was a big show, and I thought it was so bizarre. There is some weird sense of grandeur among cops and these cops would drive home drunk then the next time on duty would arrest someone for DUI.
Wow, that’s just crazy, there should have been some investigative journalism happening there.
Wow! What year was this?
I had a lady friend who worked the closing shift at a pig bar and I was her ride home so I'd hang out there for an hour or so before closing time and the stories the pigs told after some drinks gave me a new perspective. One I won't forget was a pig bragging about catching a teen boy and girl with beer and pot so he sent the boy home, detained the girl and told her that if she didn't put out then and there, that she'd be going to jail for the beer and pot. The other pigs laughing and nodding along at the story sent the msg that this is 'normal' behaviour.
@@Ziggy_Moonglow there is no statue of limitations for child victims anymore. you should report his ass.
Cops are the biggest DUI offenders. The sexual assault story is a common thing too. Cops basically can get away with anything.
Never had a complaint upheld more like his crimes have been covered up
The guy was a menace who got away with that shit his whole career! This was not a first time incident. It’s just the first time he was arrested and charged with something
Why would they allow him to plead for manslaughter when it was an obvious murder!
Manslaughter can get u 25 to 35 years in some states depending on the circumstances.
@@anthonymorris4211 in the state of south carolina is usually given 2-4 years. with a maximum of up to 30 years. and before you ask. yes only 1 white person in the last 40 year has ben given 30 years. and yes before you ask. south carolina routinely gives out 30 year sentences for non white convicts for this crime. so a lil community notes for you.
Oh my fk ... I don't know what is worse - the murder - or that he's sitting there defending himself... Makes me wonder what else he did to innocent victims when on the force. Monster.
Yep he should be locked up after hear this
This Officer has no clue how wrong his actions were and sadly it cost an innocent Man his life. Stop with giving the murderers a break regardless if a Civilian or Law enforcement.
I appreciate this individual's explanations. I have never engaged in any wrongdoing until now. His professional demeanor as a police officer was compromised, resulting in the unfortunate loss of an innocent life. It is imperative that he be held accountable for his actions. He is asking for mercy, but what about the dead man? You had no mercy!
A Life for a Life 🌾
If it was a citizen who did that, they would be seeking 25 to life.
The gang mentality
If it were the other way around, no way would the police stand for any kind of mercy for the shooter
He also should be charged with a hate crime since he called the victim a homophobic slur😮
He offed him for a reason I have evidence of the Charleston police involved in sex trafficking
GTFOH. You can't put people in jail because they call you names you don't like.
Okay lefty, he is getting charged with murder, you want to charge him with chewing gum in class too
@HWG-wm8ld I am left handed. Chewing gum is legal.
@@HWG-wm8ldYou’re actually quite silly! What does left handed have to do with her statement?
He did not show any remorse or sorry give him 30 years to think about it in prison 😅
Why should He get a plea of any kind?
His mistake was he was not on duty, He lost his qualified immunity and his department and city attorney to cover it all up for him. I wonder how many people he bullied throughout his career
Trained to use the sidearm in VERY LIMITED cases.
MAN this is some real B. U. L. L. DUNG.
UNION cops pull their sidearms for tail lights. Jaywalking, you name it they pull it.
he's going to be popular in prison.
how could he ask for mercy when he didn't show that mercy to the victim? 🤔
Prison
Police chief : "you know damn well we only condone killing people for no good reason while you're on duty."
Gentlemen.... I can't cover up your crimes and murders as easily if you do them off duty
Another case of pride and ego making a man go crazy. Smh
THAT MAN WAS KILLED OUT OF ANGER. THIS MAN HAS NO BUSINESS ON ANY POLICE FORCE.
People with anger issues should never carry firearms. It always gets them in trouble.
Animals think claiming self-defense means you can do whatever you want.
Ever notice how that air of superiority is gone when these type of monsters no longer have their cover of so called authority to hide behind.
I feel two feet taller when I put on the MALL SECURITY uniform 😅
Two things first of all that’s half ass new story didn’t give any specifics on what happened that led up to the incident. Clearly the man was trying to leave and was driving away and someone was holding the cop back. Was this a friend or family member or a stranger?
On a news site they said the cops wife was trying to hold the victim and keep him from leaving.
@@dbuzmanover a parking space?
No way over a parking spot 😮😮
@@dbuzman charge the wife too. both of them are murderers
@@jamesbonn2394 Yeah, she at least was an accessory.
No one is above the law.
Oh yes they are the Obiden administration is totally above the law !
Except Trumpy
Hillary
Trump 😂
Rent free 👌
@@waynehand4600
He's a squatter. And an adjudicated rapist. ✌️
The problem is they think all they say is lawful and that instead of a narrow scope of authority derived by the laws they are supposed to enforce, they think they instead have absolute power.
This guy thinks because he never killed anyone on duty that he should receive mercy for cold blooded murder off duty. Good luck with that defense in court!
He breaks away from a bystander. He grabs his gun and shoots. The plea should be second-degree murder.
I disagree; he had that brief moment to think, and leave the scene. First degree all the way!
The officer's wife needs to be charged with accessory to murder. She blocked the mans exit.
Once in a position of power, hard to believe in mercy for one who wields it.
He should get Life. This isn't a job accident this is Murder
Local here. Heard this stemmed over the victim cutting in line at the drive-thru. DeLustro did everything a person should never do, and he will pay dearly. Chick-fil-A is overrated, anyway.
While HIS family goes through this....not the man you MURDERED
He knew what he was doing and didn't care about the consequences during his attack so he should be prosecuted.
He shouldn’t get a plea. He should get a full sentence 25 to life.
Throw away the key
He never had one "substantiated " complaint. How many complaints did he have swept under the rug? We investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing is standard practice with the police. Always film the police.
Any plea deal is an injustice to the victim.
Another bad apple, so many...
2:00
“only one substantiated complaint in 35 years”.
All I heard him say is, he and his department are very good at sweeping stuff under the rug.
He asks for mercy, so He can help His wife with the girls. HMMMMM Do other people get to ask that.????
Do you think maybe the man wanting to drive away wouldn't love to have mercy also? You only find mercy when you give others mercy. You don't deserve mercy
Having said “no unsubstantiated complaints” means he has a bunch that were covered up.
Stop using your wife and kids as an excuse. Guilty as charged!
I was waiting to see the cops middle school photo
If thats how he behaves as a citizen imagine what hes doing behind a badge.
imagine that, thinking you were a "good" person for 35 years prior to murdering somebody should get you off the hook
“ my entire live was abusing and destroying citizens lives”
U did everything wrong sir ……u killed a innocent man that was not a threat but trying to get away from the monster that u are pure evil
Tools of the state,the 3rd Force
Seems like he couldn’t leave his ego at home on his day off 😢
His DA friend is going to offer him a couple months in prison and maybe like 2 years of probation and community service.
No forgiveness
"Never had one SUBSTANTIATED complaint. " i bet he had some complaints that were pushed under the rug.
He murdered that man!!! Another sick Cop!
That’s murder… not manslaughter…
He never had one substantial complaint….. in other words, he was never held accountable before.
What is the victims background? The Charleston police have been involved in alot of shady activities for awhile now
His father is / was law enforcement and he was from NC
@@sazon860 thank you so much!! I am not surprised. The Charleston police department is hiding a lot of heinous activitiy. I was threatened by their internal affairs sergeant when I reported I had evidence of the police chief and Officer CARTER HONEYCUT falsifying information for a burglar druggy violent pimp JOSEPH LATHAM POLENSKY that they cleared as no criminal record in March 2023 child molestation investigation of a prostitute stripper in west Ashley from western md MARY BETH HERSHBERGER. My son offered me oral sex when he was four years old "Mommy was wrestling naked with a Weiner in her mouth" then she ditched him there and got quarantined off the island my son said a folly Beach man taught him oral sex. I was threatened by the Charleston police department and ever since HEINOUS crimes involving the chiefs and their underlings. Please Google and Bing JOSEPH LATHAM POLENSKY and you will see why Charleston police officers are demanding freebies from Charleston prostitutes like MARY BETH HERSHBERGER from western md who will do anything for drugs alcohol and easy cash. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING I HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING THE CHARLESTON POLICE FOR A YEAR.......dang man it's actually been a whole year. I will not rest till everyone of these lieing cheating port town sex/drug trafficking chiefs are in federal prison there is no statute on child molestation. I am the biological father alienated 750 miles while the Charleston courts rape me every time JOSEPH LATHAM POLENSKY needs more money. Days after OFFICER CARTER HONEYCUT falsified information to cover up child molestation JOSEPH LATHAM POLENSKY was arrested for his 3+ driving under DRUGS. The Charleston police and courts are all involved in sex/drug trafficking it's DISTURBING
I do not believe for a second this guy never had any complaints, more likely is that the police department just never took them seriously. Notice he says "substantiated" complaint. Meaning there were complaints but the investigation into them never followed through.
I hope they don't down grade charges. He straight up committed 1st degree murder!!
He deserves prison time.
He’s gotta go but that being said , keep dropping hiring standards so that you can DEI police depts and this will keep happening
What do you mean lowering standards to DEI police departments?