20-year-old Dillon Taylor was shot and killed by Salt Lake City Police August 11, for failing to comply with orders. The department initially refused to release body cam footage of the incident, then released only a spinet showing everything leading up to the killing.
Now, a full version of that disturbing and graphic footage shows an unarmed Taylor being shot before an officer handcuffs his lifeless body as it bleeds out on the pavement.
Taylor, his brother, and cousin were at a 7-Eleven in South Salt Lake City when cops began searching the area for a suspect who was allegedly “waving a gun.”
When the three young men exited the convenience store they were surrounded by officers and ordered to show their hands. Two of the men stopped and complied. Taylor, who was listening to music, seemingly did not hear the officers and kept walking until he was shot and killed, his brother had said at the time.
The footage shows Taylor address officers, with head phones in, and decline to comply with their commands.
Taylor’s brother Jerrail and cousin Adam Thayne were both taken into custody and questioned. Neither were charged in connection with the original call police received. Both young men affirmed Dillion was unarmed and simply went to pull his pants up when police opened fire.
“They say they are here to ‘protect and serve,’ its more like ‘shoot and kill’ because he wasn’t a threat,” brother of the deceased, Jerrail Taylor, said at the time. “He was shot twice right in front of me. There were no guns ever found and there never will be.”
“They were obviously upset. Their friend had been shot and kept screaming for him to wake up, and he never did. He died in the parking lot, they were saying he did not have a gun, and they were very upset because of that,” a witness said.
Officials said Dillion had warrants at the time of the incident, which had been processed a week earlier by a judge for violating his probation. Sgt. Darin Sweeten stated, however, that police unlikely knew prior to the shooting.
In the days following the shooting, Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank said releasing the body-cam footage “would be wholly inappropriate… prior to the officer having some due process.”
A short clip showing the events prior to the shooting was released in September, but now the full version of the footage has been released to the public.
Watch the raw footage (warning graphic):
Officer Bron Cruz had claimed he feared Taylor was reaching for a gun in his waistband and feared for his life. He was cleared of any wrongdoing in late September.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said that Cruz was clearly justified in the shooting, despite the fact that the Taylor was unarmed.
Protests, which had been held in Taylor’s honor last year, are expected to resume.
Show your support for Dillon Taylor by visiting the Justice For Dillon Taylor Facebook page and using #JusticeForDillon on Twitter.
http://www.copblock.org/128554/full-body-cam-video-released-utah-police-killing-dillon-taylor/
“Both young men affirmed Dillion was unarmed and simply went to pull his pants up when police opened fire.”
‘Killer’ fashion statement, eh?
Henry has mentioned this repeatedly on his show. This kid died because of a stupid fad.
Not that THAT justifies the murderous pigs’ actions in any way.
I looked to me like the victim was listening to music and likely did not hear the pig. So he gets shot. I was waiting for the pig to say, “I order you not to die!”
Someone “reaching for a weapon” and seeing a weapon in your opponents hand and being raised in your direction are two very different things. Fearing for your life because someone twitches means you are a huge pu$$y. It is not a justified shooting when you were not in danger and you could not have been in danger if no weapon was in his hand and being raised in your direction. This is about as justified as shooting someone because they have hands and hands can hold guns, so I feared for my life.
like a shot to the leg wouldn’t have worked, a kill shot was necessary. All I see is full fledged cowardice by this ‘hero’ keeping us ‘safe’.
That’s the best point: they could’ve shot him ANYWHERE – his arm, leg, anywhere that wouldn’t kill him. F*ckers. Then they wonder why people don’t think the same of cops getting killed anymore. When Eric Frein shot the cops in Pa., I said WHY SHOULD I CARE MORE ABOUT THIS, THAN COPS SHOOTING A UNARMED NON-COP? And people were flipping out that I said that.
I agree Dan.
But who is “Eric Frein”?
“PA Inmate Locator” doesn’t have anyone by that name in its prisoner database…
Federal Bureau of Prisons also holds no “Eric Frein” btw.
Am I looking in the wrong place perhaps? 😉
http://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-pennsylvania-cop-shooting-sharpshooting-survivalist/story?id=25545808
but, but, but mainstream media has been ruled hearsay.
I understand the survivalist “story” as it is told by msm, Bill in IL. Thank you for the link btw
My point is he is not listed as an inmate in any prison system, just like the LAX suspect Paul Ciancia.
Why would that be and where are they if they are both purportedly awaiting trial?
FROM ANY SANE AND EASILY OBSERVABLE ACCOUNT THIS WAS MOST ASSUREDLY A MURDER. I WONDER IF THIS COP CAN LIVE WITH HIMSELF AFTER?
MORE MORONS:
Here is the person Obama put in charge of the Federal Prison System!
What you are about to see and hear is the Obama-appointed “Director of Federal Prisons” of the United States appearing before the Senate, SPEAKING about Federal Prisons. He is questioned by Sen. Al Franken[STIEN], a friend and strong supporter of President Obama. This short video will, if nothing else, demonstrate why this administration is near chaos.
Are all Obama appointees this stupid?
Video is approximately 2 minutes.
I drew my weapon on a guy who had a gun and these fckn assholes tried to send me to prison and they go around killing everyone they come into contact with.