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The Minneapolis Police Department knowingly allowed a white man named John Sawchak to keep his freedom for nearly a week after he shot his neighbor Davis Moturi, a Black man, unprovoked. According to CNN reporting, Moturi was outside of his home pruning trees when Sawchak fired a round that entered through his neck and would go on to fracture his spine and break two of his ribs.
Warning! The following video shows the moment Davis Moturi was shot. It may be disturbing to watch.
To add insult to potentially fatal injury, Moturi has filed 19 police reports about Sawchak’s threats, harassment, and hate speech including an incident where he called Moturi a “Black bastard.”
B-b-b-but wait! It gets worse! Sawhcak had also been allegedly harassing his other neighbors for YEARS without facing consequences for his criminal behavior. MPD says that they allowed this soup cookie to remain in his home because of his history of mental illness, they believed he was a threat to himself and others.
Ya don’t say!
Sawchak was finally arrested early Monday morning after a five-hour standoff with dozens of SWAT officers despite having three active warrants against him for his years of abuse.
This situation was so egregious that Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara had to do something that we can’t say we’ve ever seen before, take full-throated and unequivocal accountability.
“We failed this victim 100%,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara at a news conference Sunday. “The Minneapolis police somehow did not act urgently enough to prevent that individual from being shot.”
Great. Thanks. But don’t get it twisted for one second. This is complete bulls**t and people should lose their jobs and their badges for the way this situation was handled. Anyone dialing 911 almost 20 times needs immediate law enforcement intervention. This is why people scream, “ACAB!” This is why people scream, “Defund the police!”
This is the same police department that killed Dante Wright, George Floyd, Leneal Frazier, Amir Locke, and God only knows how many others. This is the organization to which Donald Trump wants to grant complete immunity. This is why NWA was right and they always will be. This is why you need to vote.