Video Proves Cops Shot Guy in Walmart Immediately, For No Reason

Video footage has been released in the
shooting death of John Crawford, the man who was gunned down in
a Beavercreek, Ohio, Walmart by cops who apparently thought he was
armed and dangerous. In reality, Crawford had picked up a pellet
rifle from the hardware section of the store and was carrying it
around while he talked on the phone.

The police maintained that Crawford had refused orders to drop
the weapon; the video footage proves definitively that that was
not the case—the cops shot the man almost immediately
after encountering him. Claims in some media outlets that Crawford
had been walking around the store and pointing the gun at people
also seem false, unless those occurrences happened during the few
seconds that Crawford was out of range of the surveillance
camera.

Nevertheless, a grand jury declined to indict the two officers
involved, according to
The Huffington Post. The U.S. Department of Justice
will look into the matter, however.

When this
story first broke, many wondered whether mitigating factors
would emerge to explain, if not justify, the reaction of law
enforcement officers. To my eyes at least, the surveillance video
confirms the worst case scenario: The cops killed this man for
almost no reason whatsoever.

Watch the video below.