Title: Sheriff Hailed Cops as Heroes, But Dashcam Shows them Listen to 3 Girls Scream as they Drowned Source:
Free Thought Project URL Source:http://thefreethoughtproject.com/da ... cops-lied-save-drowning-teens/ Published:Apr 20, 2016 Author:Andrew Emett Post Date:2016-04-20 09:40:32 by Deckard Keywords:None Views:14767 Comments:68
St. Petersburg, FL – Newly released dash cam footage reveals a Florida sheriff lied last month when he falsely claimed that his deputies took off their gun belts and attempted to save three drowning teenage girls. Instead of attempting to rescue the dying teens, the deputies can be seen on video standing beside the pond while listening to the girls’ final screams.
According to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, a friend asked 35-year-old Damien Marriott to drive the three teenage girls to Child’s Park on Wednesday, March 30. For some reason, Marriott reportedly stopped at a Walmart to buy a TV when he left his keys in the ignition with the engine running along with three girls that he did not know sitting in his 1990 Honda Accord. Although Child’s Park closes at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays, Marriott did not return to his vehicle or report his car stolen until 8:30 p.m. that night.
Several hours later, deputies reported seeing the Honda run a red light without its headlights on during a pursuit. Entering the back of a cemetery, the girls accidentally drove the Honda into a pond as deputies exited their vehicles and remained standing on shore.
While the Honda submerged into the swamp, a recently released police dash cam video recorded a deputy exclaiming, “I hear them yelling, I think!”
As the video moves forward another deputy can be heard saying, “They’re done. They are 6-7, dude.”
“They were yelling,” a deputy responds. “I thought I heard yelling.”
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“As it was going down,” the other deputy interjects. “But now, they’re done. They’re done.”
Although Sheriff Gualtieri announced at a press conference that his deputies flung off their gun belts and dove into the swamp in a failed attempt to save the teenage girls, police dash cam video actually shows the deputies standing near the shore listening to the girls scream to death.
Two hours later, a tow truck pulled out a vehicle containing the deceased bodies of 16-year-old Dominique Battle from St. Petersburg High School, 15-year-old Ashaunti Butler from Dixie Hollins High, and 15-year-old Laniya Miller from Gibbs High.
“My daughter was not perfect,” Miller’s mother, Natasha Winkler, recently told ABC Action News through tears. “What 15-year-old is?”
Despite the fact that the sheriff initially released false information and his deputies likely provided false reports claiming they tore off their gun belts and dove into the murky water to save the dying teen girls, no criminal charges have been filed against any of the deceitful deputies. Caught on police dash cam video, the deputies clearly falsified their reports after standing around while callously listening to the drowning girls die.
"Were the victims black or white? Their names sound black."
The carjackers were black.
Teens arrest records
Dominique M. Battle, 16, had an active warrant for violation of probation – burglary at the time of her death. Other arrests include:
• Oct. 30, 2014, burglary to a dwelling • Nov. 10, 2014, burglary to a dwelling, resist officer without violence, tsrespassing • Jan. 16, 2015, vehicle theft, resist officer without violence • March 16, 2015, vehicle theft • July 7, 2015, burglary to a dwelling, provide false name to law enforcement< enforcement • July 25, 2015, violation of probation • Nov. 22, 2015, vehicle theft, resist officer without violence • Dec. 15, 2015, possession of marijuana, burglary to a dwelling • Jan. 8, 2016, vehicle theft
Ashaunti N. Butler, 15, also had an active warrant for failure to appear, resisting officer without violence and two counts of petit theft, plus an active pickup order – runaway. Other arrests include:
• May 5, 2015, resist officer without violence, retail theft • Nov. 21, 2015, vehicle theft • Dec. 9, 2015, burglary to a dwelling, burglary to a conveyance • Jan. 18, 2016, vehicle theft, possession of marijuana, burglary, petit theft theft • March 29, 2016, violation of probation- trespassing trespassing
Laniya D. Miller, 15, had only one arrest on her record at the time of her death, a vehicle theft charge on March 16, 2015. trespassing trespassing
Laniya D. Miller, 15, had only one arrest on her record at the time of her death, a vehicle theft charge on March 16, 2015.
Were the victims black or white? Their names sound black.
First off,they were only victims of their own stupidity. If they hadn't stolen a car and tried to outrun the police in a freaking Honda,they wouldn't have gone into the water.
Secondly,they were black,which makes no difference at all other than for the deafening silence from the professional black victims profession. I have no doubt some of them will show up soon,though. I guess the elections are keeping them busy visiting graveyards so then can register new voters.
