Wednesday, August 31, 2022

What Happened To Donovan Lewis?

Columbus Police kill unarmed man in a 3am raid.

Another deadly shooting by the Columbus Division of Police. The state's largest city with 1 million residents continues to grow as a prominent Midwestern city. But with more growth comes more problems.

The police are doing damage control after two officers executed a search warrant on a resident's home.

The cops enter the home with a K-9 and within a few seconds, they entered a bedroom and literally shot a man in his bed. The man was unarmed and the police are trying to justify the shooting by saying the individual had a criminal history, blah, blah, blah!

The victim, Donovan Lewis was Black. The cops were white. 

The cop a 30-year veteran who handled the K-9 was identified and placed in the freezer pending an investigation into whether it was a justifiable use of a firearm.

So they served a felony warrant for domestic violence, assault and weapons-related incidents at an apartment complex in the Hilltop neighborhood. The main road that goes into Hilltop is Sullivan Avenue, a place where the working girls make their business known.

The area is kind of economically deprived. The city is proposing gentrification for neighborhoods.

Police conduct an early morning raid of an apartment complex.

The warrant was served at 3am. They were conducting a raid on the property. So the police knocked on the door for a few minutes. A man answered the door, Donovan and man were sleeping. 

The cops detain the two and then enter the home to search the bedroom. Within seconds, the gunshot.

Lewis was struck once. The young man ended up dying at a local hospital.

Ricky Anderson, a 30-year veteran assigned to the canine unit, holds the off-and-on barking K-9 while opening a closet door while coming around the corner from a living room area.

"We're gonna send that dog in," one of the officers warns before Anderson gives a slight push to a bedroom door off the kitchen. The door squeaks slowly open and the light from the gun of another officer shines on Lewis as one of the officers yells, "Hands!"

In less than a second, the video shows Anderson reaching into the door opening and fires a gunshot at Lewis, who appears to have raised his head from lying on his left side on the bed and is leaning on his left arm when he is hit in the abdomen and he goes face down onto the bed.

An officer yells "Hands" repeatedly for several seconds before telling Lewis to "crawl out here" twice. But the wounded Lewis remains on the bed.

More than 20 seconds later, an officer says "I'm going in, cover me." Two officers go in and begin to tell Lewis at least twice to put his hands behind his back. One officer says, "I need cuffs. I'm out of cuffs."

An officer picks up Lewis' right arm and begins to fold it back to handcuff him and Lewis lets out an audible moan as one of the officers says "Put your hands behind your back, now."

One shot the moment they entered the bedroom.

A few moments later, an officer says: "Stop resisting."

Other video shows the wounded Lewis being carried out of the apartment with his hands cuffed behind his back.

After Lewis was carried from the apartment, he was rendered medical aid by officers applying what appears to be a trauma bandage and performing CPR. Lewis was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, where he died at 3:19 a.m. Tuesday.

Bryant said it appeared Lewis had a vape pen or electronic cigarette in his hand before Anderson shot him. The device can be seen on the bed as officers handcuffed Lewis.

The shooting early Tuesday was the third police shooting in the past eight days and the first to end in a fatality. One other suspect was wounded and no one was hit in the third shooting. Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther, Department of Public Safety Director Robert Clark, Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant and City Council President Shannon Hardin attended the press conference.

Ginther said Tuesday's fatal police shooting "resulted in the tragic loss of life, and that "regardless of the circumstances, a mother has lost her son in the city of Columbus."

"Transparency, accountability, cooperation — these are our bedrock values," Ginther said. "And (they) will inform every step forward. We ask for your patience and grace as we uncover all the facts."

Bryant said the Ohio Bureau of Investigation is handling the investigation into the fatal shooting as is Columbus policy on any officer-involved shooting in the city in which someone is injured or killed.

"We’re committed to full transparency to sharing as much as we can as quickly as we are able do so — and we’re committed to holding officers accountable if there was any wrongdoing," Chief Bryant said. "As the chief, it is my job to hold officers accountable, but it is also my job to offer them support and that I give that to them through the process."

Columbus police said the incident began when multiple officers had gone to the apartment around 2 a.m. Tuesday in an effort to arrest Lewis, who had outstanding warrants for domestic violence, assault and felony improper handling of a firearm. Court records show including a misdemeanor assault earlier this month on his girlfriend, who is pregnant with his unborn child. Multiple officers were at the scene when the shooting occurred, as is police policy when attempting to serve a felony warrant or a warrant for a violent offense.

Dovonan Lewis was shot and killed by Columbus, Ohio Police. Will the junk food media make the story about the officer who shot him or the suspect's criminal history?
The junk food media will give the cop the benefit of doubt.
The junk food media will make it all about Donovan Lewis and his past run-ins.
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Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. Gun violence, monkeypox and COVID-19 will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how gun reform is taking away your rights to own firearms.

I don't want to hear that protesting against police killing people of color is hate on cops in general. I don't want to hear talk about the coronavirus being a myth.

When you hear folks say "gun rights," what they really mean is that its white privilege. This good guy with a gun nonsense has to end. The cops didn't do nothing when children were shot inside a school. A security guard was shot dead trying to protect shoppers. A cop accidentally shot his own. The good guy who tried to stop a bad guy is outgunned and a part of the rule #3. 

Columbus mayor vows to get transparency in this shooting of Donovan Lewis.

Remember #3 means: The "good guy with a gun" better be prepared to die if they want to stop a shooter.

I don't want to hear folks say masks and vaccine mandates impede their freedoms. It prevents a deadly outbreak from spreading. If you want to die from the coronavirus, that's on you. We lost over 1 million people from the coronavirus.

I don't want to hear the shit about guns saving lives. Cause a bullet does not have eyes and it's always likely gonna hit a target. These folks seem to not get it. These incidents are a tragic part of American history. Thoughts and prayers and your heart going out to the victims is not enough. It quite frankly is an insult. I am also tired of scapegoating Black on Black crime, Chicago, Baltimore and Democratic mayors for the nation's obsession to be numb to gun violence. You pretty much enable this nonsense by deflecting.

President Joe Biden is trying to curb gun violence. However, he has no support from Republicans. Most Democrats and America are for gun control measures. However the two Democrats in the Senate refuse to change the filibuster rules and its holding us back.

The National Rifle Association is always pushing against it. They will not relinquish from the narrative that guns are not saving lives. The Republicans aided by a fickle junk food media are openly encouraging anarchy and disruption in a desperate attempt for the Republicans to win back Congress and the White House. These agitators are calling for Biden to curb crime but will not help him. They want more guns on the street. It makes no sense.

So in closing, expect more.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. 

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 988, or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.

The call number to the U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official phone number, 202-224-3121. Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence.

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

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