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Title: Man Calls 9-1-1 After Finding Girlfriend Stabbed, Cops Show Up, Kill Him and His 3-Legged Dog
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/po ... tnesses-told-drop-weapon-shot/
Published: Feb 3, 2015
Author: Cassandra Rules
Post Date: 2015-02-03 07:44:41 by Deckard
Keywords: Badged Thugs, Murder By Cop
Views: 10278
Comments: 44
Decatur, GA– A family is speaking out and demanding justice after the December 29th killing of Kevin Davis, 44, after he called 9-11 for help. Davis was by all accounts a kind and loving man. He was, in fact, so kind, that he invited a coworker Terrance Hilyard, who was going through a rough time, to stay with him and his girlfriend, April Edwards, in their small apartment. On the 29th, an argument escalated between Edwards and their house guest. Hilyard then stabbed Edwards with a kitchen knife before fleeing the residence. Davis called 9-11, and the couple waited in their bedroom for help to arrive. Shortly after the call, Davis heard gunfire from the front room of his home. He believed Hilyard had returned with a gun. Davis grabbed his gun and went to the front room where he heard the shots. Tragically, the shots he heard came from an Officer Joseph Pitts, the first to arrive on the scene. He had just shot and killed Davis’ three-legged dog, Tooter. Three witnesses all claim the officer never announced his presence or identified himself as a policeman. Upon entering the room, Davis was shot, twice, by Officer Pitts. The police claim Davis had been ordered to drop his weapon and did not comply. However, neighbors report that they did not hear the officer tell Davis to drop his gun until after hearing the gunshots. “We have witnesses that will testify that they heard police yell ‘Drop the gun’ only after the shots were fired,” Mawuli Davis, the family’s lawyer has stated. Davis was then arrested, charged with aggravated assault of a police officer, and transferred to a hospital in police custody, where he would die two days later. The family is reporting that they were not allowed to visit him and so ultimately, Davis died alone while being treated as a criminal. Kevin Davis’s family members “called, went to the the hospital, they tried everything in their power to see him so he wouldn’t die alone. So they could whisper something in his ear that would give him strength to keep fighting,” the family’s lawyer continued on to say. Edwards was transported to emergency care, her wounds punctured an artery in her right arm, but she has since recovered, AlterNet reports. A candlelight vigil held on Thursday evening drew around 75 people, Atlanta Progressive News reports. “Black people have to now be cautious calling the police when we need help,” said Shakia Pennix, a local organizer. The crowd then marched to Sawicki’s, a local sandwich shop where Davis worked, and where Davis’s co-workers have created a memorial. Upon arrival, coworkers spoke of the significant loss to their community. “Kevin was the best person to work up front,” Sawicki said. “He was so friendly and so loving and he kept customers coming in. Here at Sawicki’s we are all about farm-to-table food, health, and being a positive force in the neighborhood. Kevin was all about that. I so miss his presence.” “Working with Kevin was a blessing,” Jeremiah Sainz, a Sawicki’s employee, said. “He watched my back when I was going through a rough spell.” The police are currently investigating themselves and will hand the case over to the District Attorney’s office after they likely find that they did nothing wrong.
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#6. To: Deckard (#0)
Oy. The "FREE THOUGHT PROJECT"? Again?? Not feeling its concern. The site shills for thugs. Btw, that poor 3-legged doggie: Wuz it a toy poodle? Or rabid pitbull that lost its leg in the ring by chance?
You've gone over to the dark side. I bet if this guy had been white you'd be singing a different tune.
"I bet if this guy had been white you'd be singing a different tune." While you play the race card... I'll play the self defense card. He was shot because he called 911 about a potentially deadly armed assailant in or near the house... and when they arrived you fit the description. Not because you were black, but because you were carrying a gun. Using the race card is so... so... Rev Al Sharpton like.
It's Georgia, not New York. Black people do have guns in Georgia. And it was a stabbing that was reported, not a gunman on the loose. Why no recording or lapel cam? That stuff isn't even expensive any more. There is no excuse for this shooting. Some idiot cop went in guns blazing and killed an innocent man.
There is no excuse for this shooting. Some idiot cop went in guns blazing and killed an innocent man. It's just not the cost of the cam. It's the... Writting policy on cam procedure Department wide training Cost and time of recording media Time to download and transfer that media to a hard drive Officers assigned to save the info, review the info An officer in charge to release recordings when FOILED Every little change in LE is bigger than you think. Hell, it took my department a half a year before computers and printers were installed in all the cars... then most of the veteran officers still resisted computer generated tickets... and hand wrote them until the bitter end. If this was a bad shooting, I agree. No excuse. One bad act makes thousands of good acts look bad. I really don't know. I wasn't there.
How good can it look? If he hadn't shot the dog, the victim wouldn't have thought the bad guy was returning. Instead of idiotic Trayvon and Ferguson and that unhealthy guy in NYC, the blacks should focus on a case like this one. It's not like these cases are unknown. It seems they deliberating choose to pick fights over people that are questionable. I find this guy way more sympathetic than Trayvon or Mike Brown or that other guy.
20 years without a lawsuit... I'm proud of myself. Some cops will say... "If you've never been sued, you ain't doing your job" I always humbly disagreed.
Not sure but I think you once mentioned being a NYC cop. If so I bet that was interesting. When I was teenager and a smart ass I got to be on good terms with an officer from the 103Rd prec. Officer Miller, he patrolled our street in car 585. Pretty cool older guy, I am sure he is long gone.
#26. To: darealjtidsguy (#25)
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I am a retired sheriff deputy from central NY I know many NYPD officers and have trained with many of them.
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#11. To: Liberator (#6)
The "FREE THOUGHT PROJECT"? Again?? Not feeling its concern. The site shills for thugs.
#13. To: Deckard (#11)
#20. To: GrandIsland (#13)
He was shot because he called 911 about a potentially deadly armed assailant in or near the house... and when they arrived you fit the description. Not because you were black, but because you were carrying a gun.
Three witnesses all claim the officer never announced his presence or identified himself as a policeman.
#21. To: TooConservative (#20)
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Why no recording or lapel cam? That stuff isn't even expensive any more.
#22. To: GrandIsland (#21)
If this was a bad shooting, I agree. No excuse. One bad act makes thousands of good acts look bad. I really don't know. I wasn't there.
#23. To: TooConservative (#22)
Instead of idiotic Trayvon and Ferguson and that unhealthy guy in NYC, the blacks should focus on a case like this one.
#25. To: GrandIsland (#23)
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