What Happened To De'Von Bailey?

Colorado Springs man shot by the law sparks outrage for the fact they shot him fleeing.

Every time we do a "What Happened To" story, it usually deals with a tragedy.

BE WARNED THERE WILL BE GRAPHIC FOOTAGE AND IMAGES.

Thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers. Thoughts and prayers won't heal the wounded or bring back the dead. It's just meaningless platitudes and I am getting sick and tired of folks posting on social media saying they have their condolences for those killed by gun violence.

Why we keep doing this?

Gun rights are basically white supremacy. Because every time a person of color is killed by firearms, you see the far-right troll online justifying their deaths.

He ran from the police.
He shot at the police.
He failed to comply.
He had a criminal history.
It's the fault of Barack Obama, Colin Kaepernick, Al Sharpton and Black Lives Matter.
If they would have fathers in their lives.
Back the blue.
He shouldn't had that on him in the first place.

There is growing backlash in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The law killed a 19-year old man after he fled them during a questioning. His family is demanding that the cops who shot him are held accountable for their actions.

De'Von Bailey was 19 years old at the time of his death. He was shot four times in the back after fleeing cops trying to question him and his friend in suspicion of a robbery.

On camera the officers confront Bailey and his cousin.

In the body camera footage as well as the home camera footage, you see that Bailey and his cousin Lawrence Stoker being questioned by the law. As one cop approaches Bailey, he takes off running.

As they gave chase, the cops claimed that he reached for something and they shot him directly three times in the back. He was shot once in the arm. While it's not clear what was done, the cop continuously said to him to show hands.

He landed on the ground and surrendered. The cops then handcuffed the bleeding De'Von and searched his clothes and found a gun inside his pants. Then they called for backup.

They would try to revive a moaning Bailey. By the time he made it to the hospital, he had already died.

It remains unclear on Thursday if the object was a firearm.

Police said they were on the scene to respond to a robbery threat around 6:45pm. In the bodycam footage, one officer can be heard asking Bailey if he goes by the name of "Spazz."

Bailey said, "No sir."

The bullets that hit Bailey perforated his heart, left lung and diaphragm, in addition to penetrating is spleen, triggering massive blood loss leading to his death, said the El Paso County bag 'em ups.

The family attorney is calling this a senseless murder.

"The video shows that there was no evidence to support that anybody was imminently at risk of being killed or harmed," said Darold Killmer. "The video shows that he was doing everything in his power in the six or eight or 10 steps that he could take to get away to, in fact, get away.... He did not have a weapon in his hand and had not shown any weapon when he was shot in the back."

Today is De'Von Bailey's funeral.

WHEN COPS SEE A BLACK MAN WITH A FIREARM REGARDLESS OF IT BEING LEGAL OR ILLEGAL, THEY AUTOMATICALLY SHOOT THE BLACK MAN. EVEN AN UNARMED BLACK MAN JUST REACHING FOR A WALLET OR A DOOR HANDLE COULD BE KILLED BY THE COPS.

THE POLICE AND JUNK FOOD MEDIA TRY TO MAKE THE VICTIM, "THE BAD GUY" BY BRINGING UP HIS PAST HISTORY, HIS SOCIAL MEDIA OR HIS FAMILY LIFE. 

MANY WHITES (IN LARGE GROUPS) HAVE FIREARMS IN FRONT OF POLICE AND THEY NEVER GET SHOT OR KILLED. WHY AREN'T THEY AFRAID OF THEM?

WHENEVER SOMEONE COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF BLACK FATHERS, I CONTINUE TO DENOUNCE THIS BULLSHIT. I REMIND THEM THAT THE POLICE KILL BLACK FATHERS. THE POLICE LEAVE CHILDREN OF COLOR WITHOUT A BLACK FATHER. AND NO AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD BRING THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED BY THE COPS.

FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP!

I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR THE COP'S VERSION.

GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.

THERE IS NO GOD!

GOD IS NOT FIXING THIS!

DONALD J. TRUMP, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE INEPT. THEY ARE NUMB TO GUN VIOLENCE. THEY CONTINUE TO ALLOW FIREARMS IN THE HANDS OF TERRORISTS AND BAD COPS.

EXPECT MORE COPS SHOOTING UNARMED OR LEGALLY ARMED PEOPLE OF COLOR.

EXPECT COPS TO WALK WHEN THEY CLAIM THEY USED DEADLY FORCE BECAUSE THEY FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES.

EXPECT MORE MASS SHOOTINGS.

EXPECT GOOD COPS TO BE KILLED BY TERRORISTS. 

POLICE DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO ALLOW BAD COPS AND CORRUPT POLICE UNIONS TO REIGN STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM UPON PEOPLE OF COLOR.

POLICE KILLING PEOPLE OF COLOR IS STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM.

BEING A COP IS A THANKLESS JOB. THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE AND PROTECT IN AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS JOB.

THOSE CHARGED ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW.

WE DON'T CONDONE VIOLENCE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ANY HUMAN BEING. 

Now here I want to address how the far-white has depicted the shooting.

It burns me up to see how these trolls on the far-white react to these senseless gun tragedies.

These trolls are ignorant. They can be ignorant all they want. This is America.

This country is more polarized, less religious, less educated, less motivated, highly overweight, and bloodthirsty. We hide behind platitudes and run on narratives about who's more right than factual.

We are driven to discourse by the junk food media and social media. I cannot stop it. I am not in the business to stop it. However, I do have control over how I read things on this blog. I have semi-control over what is posted on this blog. I am not planning on changing my views on Trump no time soon.

I really believe Trump and his allies are destined for failure. With that failure, comes the aftermath. We all fail if Trump continues to reign his bigotry and Republican keep control of the U.S. Congress.

Americans could reelect Trump. After all, Republicans are ramming through laws that make it harder to vote. They are passing weak gun laws that make it possible for individuals to possess firearms to kill people of color and law enforcement. The Republicans are trying to pass laws that restrict women from have termination. But once they have a child, the Republicans want to strip the safety net so no single mother can get food and housing for their family.

Gun violence is problem. We keep hearing these idiots often tell us "we're not going to like" their remarks on gun violence. Fuck this shit. I don't need to read your bullshit. I don't care about the bullshit you write.

We will not waste our time worrying about you or those who think like you.

We all have lives outside the blog. Why don't you move past our blog and find a blog that supports your views?

Visit the Gun Violence Memorial website to find out more information on those killed in these mass shootings.