Police took 2 seconds to shoot homeowner mistaken for suspect

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By Trymaine Lee
The South Carolina police officer who shot and critically injured a black South Carolina homeowner who had called 911 during an attempted home invasion, took less than 2 seconds before pulling the trigger.

Charleston County Sherriff’s deputy Keith Tyner is heard yelling “show me your hands,” and before he could finish the command he’d fired off two shots, striking 26-year-old Bryant Heyward, according to dashcam video released on Monday by the State Law Enforcement Division and published in the Post and Courier.

The shooting took place last Thursday morning in Hollywood, South Carolina, shortly after Heyward had called 911 to plead for help as two armed men were trying to break into his home. The suspects reportedly fired two shots into Heyward’s home, so Heyward rushed to grab his brother’s .40-caliber handgun from a bedroom. He fired two shots back, Heyward told investigators.

By the time two Charleston County sheriff’s deputies arrived at Heyward’s home, the two suspects had fled and Heyward went to greet the officers at his back door — reportedly holding his brother’s handgun.

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[Cali_Democrat]

1. Saw black skin...pulled the trigger

Having black skin is apparently a capital crime.

Where are the conservatives who claim to care so much about the Constitution and due process?

Seems they only want it to apply to white people.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. I wish there were a special 911 number that minorities can call on.

[malthaussen]

2. Well, what were they supposed to do, wait while he explained himself?

They might not have gotten to shoot him!

-- Mal

[gratuitous]

3. "Show me *Blam* *Blam* your hands!"

See? He didn't comply with a lawful order.

I miss the cop apologists. They were an imaginative bunch, they were.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

4. Need more guns. If every American has one, and every cop knows that, then ALL black

people will be killed instantly without hesitation and white people will be given about 3 seconds before they will be shot.













Or you could enforce the 2nd amendment as written, put ALL guns in well regulated militias. Then, not even cops need them.

[Dragonfli]

6. CALL THE POLICE AT YOUR OWN RISK. 9 OUT OF 10 THEY WILL MAKE THINGS WORSE

They are not there to protect us, but to keep us "under control".

The last time I called the cops was because my home was broken into and everything of value stolen, they kept talking to me like I was the criminal and even got excited after snooping around and finding a sugar bowl, asking what kind of drugs were in it, I told him to taste it, it's sugar - this enraged him for some reason and he threw me to the ground with a knee in my back and told me one more word and I was under arrest.


These are not good guys people, they are thugs, this happened 15 years ago, had it happened yesterday I likely would have been killed.

[darkangel218]

8. Holy crap, dragonfli! Im sorry you had to go through that

[Binkie The Clown]

7. I can think of very few situations where calling the police is a good idea. n/t