Prosecutors in Liberal Cities Continue Allowing Police to Murder Blacks w/Impunity and Immunity: No Charges for White Akron Cop who Shot Jazmir Tucker, Teen Posed No Threat, Gun was in Zipped Pocket

CONTRARY TO YOUR DELUSION, WE’RE NOT ON THEIR TEAM. ELITE WHITE LIBERALS DOMINATE BLACK PEOPLE in all areas of people activity. relevant here is The AREA CALLED ‘THE criminal justice system.’ LIKE DC, NYC, CHICAGO, LA, ATLANTA, MEMPHIS, ST. LOUIS AND SO MANY OTHER PLACES, AKRON HAS BEEN DOMINATED BY DEMOCRATS FOR MULTIPLE DECADES. [MORE]

Most black people live in metro areas, WHICH TEND TO BE PLACES controlled by elite, white liberals. Consequently, if democrats really wanted to protect the so-called rights of its loyal Black constituents- that is, controlling their own cops’ behavior in their relations with its Black residents, then the elite white liberal leadership could and would have done so at some point over the past 40-50 years. HOWEVER, IN ALL SUCH PLACES,the police stop, use force, detain, prosecute and kill blacks in grossly disproportionate numbers. Yet Blacks rarely question this extraordinary phenomenon and inexplicably and strongly believe that elite, white liberals are their political allies who help to ‘protect their rights. [MORE]

From [HERE] A Summit County grand jury Thursday declined to charge an Akron police officer who fatally shot a teenager on Thanksgiving.

An official in the office of the Summit County Clerk of Courts said the grand jury returned a no-bill on one count of murder against Fields.

Earlier this year, Summit County officials turned the case over to Mahoning County prosecutors to handle after a state investigation.

John Juhasz, the criminal chief of the Mahoning County office, said the case “was fairly investigated and fairly presented to the grand jury.”

He said the panel heard from witnesses over a series of days.

Police have said that two patrol officers heard nearby gunshots just after 11pm on 28 November and got out of their parked car to investigate. The officers then encountered Jazmir and ran after him, officials said. One officer fired his assault rifle at the teen, fatally striking him. The boy was later pronounced dead at a hospital and no officers were injured.

The boy was found with a gun in a zipped-up pocket, raising concerns about why lethal force had been used, Malik said: “Why did the officer decide to use his weapon?”

The roughly eight-minute video released by police is difficult to decipher. The sound is off for the first 30 seconds, which is standard when a body camera first turns on. The shooting happens within that timeframe. The footage suggests the officer was chasing Jazmir, raised his rifle and fired at him for about three seconds, potentially shooting about seven times.

The shooting officer’s arms and long gun, however, block the camera’s view, and Jazmir is not visible in the moments before and during the shooting.

Once the sound on the footage begins, that officer and others are heard yelling at Jazmir, who is on the ground, repeatedly telling the unresponsive teen to raise his hands. Between eight and 10 officers ultimately converge on Jazmir about seven minutes after he is shot. At that point, officers handcuff him and search his pockets. Police have not released details about what any of the officers did to try to save his life.

Activists blasted the grand jury’s decision. It comes two years after another Summit County grand jury declined to indict eight Akron officers in the shooting death of Jayland Walker following a police chase.

“God calls us to forgiveness, but God also demands accountability,” said the Rev. Raymond Greene, the leader of the Freedom BLOC in Akron. “What happened today is not accountability, it is complicity.

“Every time a grand jury refuses to hold an officer responsible, the system tells us loud and clear that Black life in Akron is disposable.” 

Fields shot Tucker near Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts on East Avenue. Fields and his partner were filing a report in their cruiser when they heard gunshots, police said.

Fields left the car without activating his body camera, so it did not record audio of the moments before the boy’s death, authorities said. The patrolman ran to the youth and shot him with an assault rifle, police said. His partner, who has not been identified, did not use his weapon. 

It took Akron police officers about eight minutes to give aid to the youth after the shooting. Later, officers found a gun in the boy’s front pocket, which had been zipped. 

Police have said two shell casings that matched Tucker’s gun were found near where the boy was shot.

Fields had been placed on administrative leave. The city said threats have been made against police officers since the shooting.

Following the grand jury’s decision, demonstrators gathered on South High Street, outside the Summit County Courthouse in Akron, to protest.

They carried signs that said, “Justice for Jazmir,” “Your badge is not a shield” and “How many more?” They chanted Tucker’s name, “No justice, no peace” and “Forever 15,” referring to the age at which Tucker died. 

Gary Green, Tucker’s grandfather, was among them. He called the shooting death of his grandson a “murder.”

“This city has been doing things wrong for a long time with police officers, and they’ve been getting away with it,” Green said.