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October 2007
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11 years and almost no changes
Even though Lewis’s car was only moving abouta quarter of anOCT. 26, 1996- inch a second and even though thecar only bumped Knight,I remember it like it was yesterday… he apparently felt that his life wasnearing an end and had no otherI was a 16 year old kid, waiting to watch choice but to open fire on ateenage kid. During questioning, Knightmy favorite baseball team win Game 5 of explained that the reason hestepped in front of the moving vehicle1996 World Series, when all of the sudden… was because he couldn’t see Lewisthrough the side windowsBREAKING NEWS!!!! The FOX news anchor because of the tint. Yet, Knight’s ownpartner, Sandra Minor,announced that a young black male was testified in court that she had noproblem whatsoever, seeingjust shot and killed by a white police officer seeing through the side windows.So, soon after the shooting,and that rioting was irrupting on the streets the St. Petersburg Police Dept.found Knight guilty of violatingof St. Petersburg, FL. department policy and suspendedhim for 60 days, but of course,Up until that October night, I had always been his suspension would be very shortlived. . After a little whining andone of those naive people who thought of police complaining, Knight was able toget his suspension overturned andas the good guys… the one’s you could trust. and would later be found not-guilty, for the murder of 18 y/oNever in my wildest dreams, would I have Tyron Lewis. The verdict in this caseis really what started leading meever thought that a police officer would kill me to believe that, the police can
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do what ever the hell theysomeone, without having a good reason want… and get away with it too! !It’s obvious that Officer Knight. I also never would’ve thought that a police was in the wrong here. He violateda department policy, which in turn,officer could do something like that…. got him suspended- yet, becauseof the “thin blue line”, another police…and then get away with it!! Officer officer gets away with ashooting, that could have been avoided.
Let’s go back to that night. It was approx. 5:30pm Now, I don’t want you all to thinkthat I’m trying make Lewis out to be aand Officer James Knight, of the St. Petersburg saint, who was in the wrong place atthe wrong time. That’s certainly notPolice Dept., pulled over an older model the the case, when talking about TyRon Lewis. TyRon was, in fact, aPontiac for a speeding violation. According criminal and a thug, who’s been inand out of juvenile hall since the ageto the police report, Knight approached the of nine… but under nocircumstances, did he deserve to be shot.vehicle on the driver’s side and ordered the Some will look at this as anisolated incident, but if you look into theDriver, 18 y/o TyRon Lewis, to roll down history history of some of the policeinvolved shooting, you’ll beginthe window. Lewis refused the Officer’s notice a trend…. For example: May2
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, 2004. 17 year-old Marquellcommands and slowly started to inch his McCullough McCullough wasambushed by deputies who opened firecar forward. Witnesses and Knight’s own at his pick-up truck 14 times,striking him with nine shots. Afterpartner, Sandra Minor, stated it was at murdering young Marquell in a hailof bullets, deputies said hethat point, in which Officer Knight intentionally wasn't even the person they werelooking for. Though the deputiesput himself in front of Lewis’ car identified and pursued the wrongperson and the wrong vehicle,(I’m assuming to keep him from fleeing the scene). the shooting death of MarquellMcCullough was still ruled "justifiable."Now in my opinion, Knight had to have known Then on April 12, 2005, PinellasCounty Sheriff's deputies arrivedthat by putting himself in front of a moving at the home Jarrell Walker toexecute a search warrant, obtainedvehicle, that there’s one thing bound to happen….. obtained on the suspicion thatdrugs were being sold from the home.… and that’s exactly what did happened.
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Officer Christopher Taylor fired two shots in Walker's back,who was lying on ground. Taylor claims that Walkerwas reaching for a gun, hidden underneath a couch,which prompted him shoot. Walker was pronounceddead and no gun was ever found under the couch. The shooting was eventually ruled as justifiable. Just like TyRon Lewis, both Marquell McCulloughand Jarrell Walker, were no Angels… but just likeTyRon Lewis, under no circumstances, did theydeserve to die. The above mentioned incidents, as well asseveral others, have led me to believe thatPolice here in Pinellas County have developeda policy that’s become the norm and that is….“if you’re gonna kill or abuse someone for no reason,make sure it’s a black kid with a record, that way no one will give a shit.”-
J.A.
Parking Lot Cops
It's no secret that the purpose of Law Enforcement is to "Protect and Serve" the members of the community. But exactlywhat are the Officers, here in Pinellas County, actually doing to "Protect and Serve"? In my opinion, an officer who
really
wanted to uphold his/her commitment to the community would be out there patrolling the streets and neighborhoods.Unfortunately, there's a lot of Officers around here that don't feel the same way.....Below, you'll find photos of two Pinellas Park Police Officers, who have their, own idea of how to "Protect and Serve".Here's another photo of the same two Officers, approx. 40 mins. later. As you can see, nothing's changed. The Officersare still sitting in the same parking, doing absolutely nothing. During this time, I witnessed several motorists driving atleast twice as fast as the posted speed limit and two other motorists clearly ran through a red light... and these two officersdidn't budge an inch. And we certainly can't forget about all of the crimes that are possibly being committed, during thetime that these Officers were relaxing in there nice air conditioned vehicles.How is this "Protecting and Serving", again? How can any crime be prevented, when our Police forces spend hours onend in parking lots, socializing with each other. And the best part is... it's all at
your
expense. That's right... it's with your hard earned tax dollars, that these Officers are given the opportunity to spend countless hours sitting in parking lots.... allwhile
not
protecting you!! As you can imagine, this is a golden opportunity for criminals. I think that someone would be alot more likely to commit a crime, knowing that the police won't be showing up until after the fact, because they're too busyhanging out in front of convenient stores and donut shops. So, the next time you see an officer sitting around doingnothing, I want you to thank him for wasting your hard earned tax dollars and for allowing countless amounts of criminalsto roam our streets.
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