A riled-up mob wants ‘justice’ in the death of Hakim Littleton who was shot dead by police in Detroit as he was shooting at them. We reported on this when it happened but the calls for justice have grown louder. The angry mob had no facts whatsoever — other than the fact that officers shot and killed a black man.
The reason they were angry was the misreporting by the media — see below.
Police Chief James Craig released the police dashcam video seven hours after the shooting of Hakim Littleton, which had spurred angry ‘protests’ in the area almost immediately after.
Why did Littleton pull a gun on the cops?
“When Mr. Littleton was walking in the opposite direction, he heard that his friend was being detained, then he walked toward the officers,” Craig told reporters. “Some comments were made. He was angry about his friend being arrested, and that’s when he pulled out his weapon.”
The video clearly shows that the shoot was justified. He aimed his gun at an officer’s head and pulled the trigger.
WATCH:
GRAPHIC VIDEO: Detroit Police Chief James Craig released body-cam footage of the officer-involved shooting this afternoon.
The video shows the suspect, identified as Hakim Littleton, pull a weapon on officers and fire at the officers before officers return fire. pic.twitter.com/w0yIeeFoiD
— WXYZ Detroit (@wxyzdetroit) July 11, 2020
Here is another video courtesy of reader Greg:
FAKE NEWS DROVE THE ANGER
NBC fake news linked to a video of NBC News correspondent Kathy Park reporting on Littleton’s death in a tweet. Park did note that video footage shows Littleton taking what appears to be a weapon and firing it at an officer, but “NBC Nightly ‘News’ with Lester Holt” did not include this in its tweet.
The corrupt media is driving the division and anger.
The Daily Caller pointed out that Twitter users were forced to correct NBC. NBC didn’t correct itself since they’ve taken to just lying outright.
NBC runs story: “Detroit protesters demand justice after Hakim Littleton killed by police.” The video clearly shows him firing a gun at police officers and then being shot. Why is the framing leaving this out? https://t.co/GUxcmCXEqy
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) July 12, 2020
People protested the Hakim Littleton shooting because misinformation hit the community. Now that we know the truth I hope people stay home today.
— Terry Foster (@TerryFoster971) July 11, 2020
🇺🇸✊🏾: Riot police clash with #BlackLivesMatter protestors in #Detroit after 19 y/o Hakim Littleton was shot and killed earlier this afternoon by police.
Police say he pulled out a gun, but eyewitnesses are saying he had no weapon. pic.twitter.com/HuwRctegwg
— Revolution Watch (@RevoWatch) July 11, 2020
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One less oxygen thief on the planet soaking up taxpaying law-abiding citizen’s resources. Stupid people doing stupid things winning stupid prizes.
Yep, my “care” card is all used up for these folks who have no better sense than to challenge police doing the job they were hired to do. Same goes for the various tribal protestor rioters actions.
Good on the cops who took care of the problem.
Blacks only shoot two kinds of people – police officers and other blacks. In this case, it was both – a black police officer.
That’s a really really poor video. Freight Broker Live showed a much better video in which you could plainly see the muzzle flash from the pistol. He missed the officers head by no more than inches.
This is That video, much clearer. The muzzle flash is obvious in the slow motion section.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/_I54MEdD2_A