Family members claim video shows 26-year-old Michael Blair just moments before he was killed by a Fort Bend County deputy in November. The 20-minute video shows two investigators responding to a man locked in a bathroom after they kicked in the door.
"Drop the knife, drop the knife!" you hear an officer saying.
They ask him to drop a knife a least 50 times, then shock him with a Tazer.
"I want to help you, let it go. I cannot help you until you drop that knife down," the officer says.
Blair appears to lunge at them and the deputy fires his gun 11 times, killing Blair.
"All we're asking is that someone recognize what we recognize. That was brutality," Blair's mother, Kimberly Blair Olaniyi, said.
Blair's family and community activist Quanell X released the video in a press conference Wednesday, claiming it shows police brutality. They won't say where they got the video or how long they've had it. They didn't offer this up during the initial investigation.
"These cases are always lies and truths aren't told. So that tape was held until they would finish their -- quote unquote -- investigation," Quanell X said.
A grand jury no-billed the investigators seen in the video, but a spokesperson for the sheriff's office says this is still an open case and the office will review any new evidence provided, including this video.
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So unnecessary. Evacuate the premises and let the dumb bitch starve himself out in his own barricade. Let SWAT handle it.
These cops were fucking fools, wannabe hero-frauds at best. But, I still bet this one will be justified.
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ah of course it's the cop fault not the black monkey holding a knife 🤷
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Care to elaborate what is whose fault? Or just tryna drop a dog whistle real quick with no intention of conversation or debate?
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there is nothing to debate here the cops did the right thing
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The cops were out of their element. There's a reason SWAT teams exist and why they have negotiators and other such resources.
They were legally justified to enter the premises, since the family gave them permission, but there was no other life being threatened, so they didn't need to intervene.
But if you're not interested in debating, then that's fine, too. Good day.
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ah yes wait for swat when there is clearly a mentally instable monkey with a knife that can potentially cause innocents to die
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My point is that there were no innocents. The family evacuated the private property which he had been barricading inside.
They should stop him with utmost force if he escapes into the public, but that's not what happened.
Death squads marching inside private property with a warm welcoming from the family.
Not even blaming the cops for everything. But I'm definitely blaming them for being overly aggressive when there was no need in those moments.
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you are not wrong but still in theese intense situations both sides are full of adrenaline and most importantly they fear the uknown reaction of the suspect and the cops
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Yeah. At the point where the video started and the shooting happened, I will agree that the cops did nothing wrong.
They needed to protect themselves, they feared for their life, yada yada.
I also see the point that adrenaline will distort peoples' judgement and make them act differently. I do not know how I would act in a similar situation.
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What?? Calling swat would have just delayed the same outcome. The swat team would have 100% just shot him with no warning's, after a multi-hour siege of course. Unless your point is he should have died faster, I have never seen a swat team use non lethal on aggressive suspect's.
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