Video: Cop Murders 17-Year-Old Kid
For Not Complying With Traffic Stop
Boy had flashed lights at cop for having overly bright headlights
by Steve Watson | InfoWars |
June 17, 2015
A Sheriff’s sergeant in Eaton County Michigan
will face no charges after shooting and killing a seventeen year old for
not complying with a traffic stop, despite the fact that he had
committed no crime whatsoever.
The shocking incident happened back in February and
was captured on police body camera and partially on cell phone by Deven
Guilford, who was ripped out of his vehicle, tased and then shot seven
times by Sgt. Jonathan Frost.
VIDEO
The stop occurred after Deven flashed his lights at
Frost, believing that the sergeant had his high beams on, and it would
be a danger to other drivers.
During the confrontation that ensued, Frost
admitted that two other drivers had also flashed their lights at him and
that his headlights were brand new, and were probably too bright.
Despite this, Frost turned the tables on Deven and demanded that he provide his license, registration and insurance details.
When Deven asked to see the officer’s badge, Frost
refused. Deven refused to give Frost the documents, maintaining that he
had broken no law. When Deven asked if he was being detained, Frost
replied in the affirmative, stating that Deven was being held for not
complying with the traffic stop.
After several minutes of refusing to provide the
documents, Deven was pulled out of the vehicle by Frost and ordered to
get on the ground.
Deven attempted to continue filming the ordeal,
which further angered Frost who whipped out a taser and shocked the
young man in an attempt to force compliance.
The camera footage cuts out at this point, but
audio can still be heard. The video ends with Frost firing seven shots,
with a fatal shot to the head. Deven’s anguished scream as he is killed
by Frost is deeply disturbing to hear.
Frost later claimed that Deven, an unarmed and
clearly non-aggressive seventeen year old kid who had just been tased,
attacked the officer, managing to get on top of Frost and punch him in
the face, causing him to fear for his life.
The Sergeant did suffer cuts and bruises to his face, X-rays showed no fractures.
This week,
Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd said he reviewed the investigation
by Michigan State Police, as well as the video footage, and concluded
that the sergeant acted lawfully.
“No one wins in these particular situations, but
it’s the prosecutor’s responsibility to look at the facts, make a
determination from the facts — was there a crime or was there not a
crime?” Lloyd said.
Following the decision, the Guilford family, who
plan to file a civil lawsuit in federal court, released the following
statement:
“There was no reason or necessity for the officer
to physically remove our son from the car without considering other
options to avoid an unnecessary violent escalation. It must be also
noted that Deven was not in possession (of) any weapon and emphatically
told the officer that he was not armed. We also have serious concerns
about whether the officer used unreasonable force against Deven under
the circumstances.”
“The family is very unhappy,” said Attorney Hugh
Davis. “It’s just very hard to go from dimming lights or not dimming
lights to being dead.”
The fact that Frost did not wait for backup and
opted to escalate the situation by forcing Deven out of the car, has
further prompted the family to fight the case.
For the record, it was determined that Deven’s
license was with his girlfriend, and toxicology results showed that he
had the active ingredient in marijuana in his system at the time of the
stop.
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Steve Watson is a London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com.
He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of
Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree
in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.
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