Police release body-cam video of Willie McCoy killing, showing him asleep in car

Loudninja · Mar 30, 2019

Feel this needed a new topic

Posted by excelsiorlef

Vallejo police have released footage of the killing of Willie McCoy at a Taco Bell, showing six officers shooting the 20-year-old who was sleeping in his car.

The disturbing body-camera videos show the young rapper had moved his hand to scratch his shoulder before officers opened fire. The footage is consistent with key claims of McCoy's family, who watched footage earlier this month and said the officers "executed" him while he was not alert or awake. The videos, released after significant pressure, show:

The officers did not try to wake McCoy up or talk to him after they spotted a gun in his lap, and instead pointed their firearms at his head directly outside the car as he slept for several minutes.

One officer said: "I'm going to pull him out and snatch his ass."

The officers then realized the firearm did not have a magazine in it, noting to each other that if it was loaded, it would have a single bullet in it: "He's only got one shot if he shoots."

The officers then appeared to make a plan to fire at him, with one saying: "If he reaches for it, you know what to do."

McCoy eventually started to move, scratching his shoulder and not yet appearing alert or saying anything to officers, and several seconds later, all six officers fired at him.

Vallejo police officials slowed down the video in the final seconds before the shootings, adding a caption that said "hand reaches to gun on lap". The videos of the 9 February incident, however, are blurry in that moment and show McCoy's body moving slightly, but do not capture his hand moving to the firearm, which is not visible in the footage.

Marc McCoy, Willie's older brother, told the Guardian on Friday that he was glad the public would finally see the video, but was not confident it would lead to justice.

"There's a thousand videos on YouTube that show police misconduct, whether it's beatings of citizens or killing them," said Marc, 50. "It gets dismissed … The Vallejo police saw the video, and they don't think there's anything wrong with it or that the officers did anything criminal."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/29/willie-mccoy-police-shooting-video-vallejo

Imthefunmachine · Mar 30, 2019

He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.
And then he reaches for the gun.

ThaNotoriousSOD · Mar 30, 2019

Man this is fucking murder. so fucking disturbing wow.

GoldenEye 007 · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.

Penalty for that still shouldn't be death. Pig ass fuckface cops.

TAJ · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.

What comes after passing out? I'll give you one guess.

Loudninja · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.

So you just came in here with police defense talking points and nothing else.

FunkyMonkey · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.

ah yes so multiple police officers executing a man is obviously the rightful next step in the scenario you described. that is one hell of a disgusting take.

meowdi gras · Mar 30, 2019

Called it. Not that that took any amazing deduction powers or anything.

Toss those thugs in blue into the slammer and throw away the key.

Username1198 · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.
And then he reaches for the gun.

And? So he deserved to die?

Every cop involved in that shooting should be behind bars. But this is America so yea.....

What a disgusting first post.

Akira86 · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.

whatever man. so he had an illegal magazine, a crime the NRA would have sent him a Christmas card for. He was seen with a gun and it was used as an excuse to go full assault mode on him.

SigSig · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.
And then he reaches for the gun.

come on man, at least read the op. it's not even that long.

ImTheresaMay · Mar 30, 2019

Damn man I feel like this dude took too much Xanax and was doing dangerous shit like flashing his gun because of it.

Imthefunmachine · Mar 30, 2019

Loudninja said:
So you just came in here with police defense talking points and nothing else.

I just wanted to make sure all the facts were out there. The topic title is click bait making it sound like he was peacefully asleep in his car.

Imthefunmachine · Mar 30, 2019

SigSig said:
come on man, at least read the op

The OP is click bait. I have actually watched the video and have been following this case.

Kirblar · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.
And then he reaches for the gun.

You really, really need to look at the updated video and information. The story provided in the reports is a complete fabrication (which is why it sounded like what you would do if you were doing it by the book.) They didn't back up to the degree they claimed and they were aware that the gun had no magazine which meant it had either 1 bullet or 0 bullets.

SigSig · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
The OP is click bait. I have actually watched the video and have been following this case.

uh huh. so the part where the gun has no magazine in it is also clickbait?

Username1198 · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
I just wanted to make sure all the facts were out there. The topic title is click bait making it sound like he was peacefully asleep in his car.

Oh cool thanks for pointing out the most important part!

Us: That man was executed!
You: he wasn't peacefully asleep!

CallMeShaft · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.
And then he reaches for the gun.

It's not like the cops knew it was loaded or an illegal mag before they shot him, so neither point matters when discussing what the police did.

Akira86 · Mar 30, 2019

ImTheresaMay said:
Damn man I feel like this dude took too much Xanax and was doing dangerous shit like flashing his gun because of it.

Do those feelings associate with any facts associated with the event?

excelsiorlef · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.
And then he reaches for the gun.

LOL read the article

Loudninja · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
The OP is click bait. I have actually watched the video and have been following this case.

Learn what clickbait is.

Jiraiya · Mar 30, 2019

What's the difference between being shot up while peacefully sleep and being shot up while passed out?

Imthefunmachine · Mar 30, 2019

SigSig said:
uh huh. so the part where the gun has no magazine in it is also clickbait?

If you would actually watch the video you would see the gun actually had an illegal extended magazine.

Moppeh · Mar 30, 2019

Holy fuck.

If someone is asleep in their car and as a gun with a single round, you should be careful and cautious. But that does not mean you react with death by firing squad.

America's adoration of gun rights is terrible, but it is even more wrong and hypocritical to deem a black person with a gun in any situation to be more of a threat than a white person with a gun.

Kotto · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.
And then he reaches for the gun.

Punishable by death by cops?

Monkey D. · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.
And then he reaches for the gun.

OP says there was no mag in the gun. Also he didnt reach for the gun.

What are you trying to say?

RDreamer · Mar 30, 2019

Straight up fucking murder. There's now way that same situation happens with a white person. What the fuck is wrong with these people?

Addleburg · Mar 30, 2019

I'd honestly be okay with cops being replaced by robots in most cases. So many of these shootings are a byproduct of absolute fear, which can be compounded by bias. Move and you're dead, essentially.

Brinbe · Mar 30, 2019

disgusting. bad this fucker pls?

HStallion · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
I just wanted to make sure all the facts were out there. The topic title is click bait making it sound like he was peacefully asleep in his car.

What is the difference between being asleep and passed out? Seriously what does that have to do with anything and why are you going on about such a meaningless difference when a guy got shot to death?

Imthefunmachine · Mar 30, 2019

Monkey D. said:
OP says there was no mag in the gun. Also he didnt reach for the gun.

What are you trying to say?

They op is not stating all the facts if you watch the video you will see he dose have an extended mag in his gun. And he does reach for it.

Deleted member 2152 · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.
And then he reaches for the gun.

In the video the cops say multiple times that he has no mag in the weapon and if he fires he only has one shot. They acknowledge this and still practically execute him. Did you watch it?

Deleted member 31817 · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
They op is not stating all the facts if you watch the video you will see he dose have an extended mag in his gun. And he does reach for it.

Lmao. Imagine watching the video and still supporting the police.

Imthefunmachine · Mar 30, 2019

Ghazi said:
In the video the cops say multiple times that he has no mag in the weapon and if he fires he only has one shot. They acknowledge this and still practically execute him. Did you watch it?

Go to 6.14 in the video and tell me if you actually watched it.

Kotto · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
They op is not stating all the facts if you watch the video you will see he dose have an extended mag in his gun. And he does reach for it.

This is confirmation you didn't watch shit.

AaronD · Mar 30, 2019

RDreamer said:
Straight up fucking murder. There's now way that same situation happens with a white person. What the fuck is wrong with these people?

This is the reason these people became cops.

Cookie · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.
And then he reaches for the gun.

Is it ok for police to execute anyone they feel like? Because that's certainly the case in the shithole country in question.

Lifejumper · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.
And then he reaches for the gun.

What a shitty first post.

Imthefunmachine · Mar 30, 2019

Kotto said:
This is confirmation you didn't watch shit.[/QU

Please go to 6.14 in the video and tell me I didn't watch it.

Jpop · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
If you would actually watch the video you would see the gun actually had an illegal extended magazine.

Oh, wow. I guess the next time someone has illegal contraband they should just be executed.

Thanks for giving us your sound voice of reason, these cops are heroes and should be applauded for executing this man.In fact they need a raise a promotion as they clearly enjoy their line of work.

/s

Clearly you are well adjusted as your line of thought is to defend murderers.

This really is click bait. He was not asleep . He was passed out in the Taco Bell drive through. In fact he passed out with the car in drive. Click bait like this is not cool. Mods need to change the title.

Everyone is ingoring these facts trying to create a false story.

Are we ignoring the fact that the car was in drive. If he was there to sleep he would have been in a parking spot and the car would have been placed in park. There is a big difference in sleeping and being passed out with the car in drive.

The worse part is the people who are told about this still refuse to read an article and try to paint this as just another police murder. I wish more people would learn how to do research and actually read upon a subject before posting.

SigSig · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
Please go to 6.14 in the video and tell me I didn't watch it.

You mean the part where everyone operated under the assumption, that the magazine wasn't in and it was only later discovered it actually was loaded? Aight.

Kraid · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine why are you so invested in defending a summary execution by the state? Is passing out in a drive through a capital offense? Is having an illegal magazine a capital offense?

ACAB.

I Am Captain America · Mar 30, 2019

Kraid said:
Imthefunmachine why are you so invested in defending a summary execution by the state? Is passing out in a drive through a capital offense? Is having an illegal magazine a capital offense?

ACAB.

He has family in the police no surprise

Imthefunmachine · Mar 30, 2019

SigSig said:
uh huh. so the part where the gun has no magazine in it is also clickbait?

SigSig said:
You mean the part where everyone operated under the assumption, that the magazine wasn't in and it was only later discovered it actually was loaded? Aight.

So are you saying the gun was loaded or not. Your two post contradict each other.

Deleted member 36054 · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
He was not asleep. He was passed out in the drive through with the car in drive. And he had a loaded gun with an illegal mag on his lap.
And then he reaches for the gun.

Do we have banners for cops on Era?

Jiraiya · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
So are you saying the gun was loaded or not. Your two post contradict each other.

Does the video justify the outcome?

Deleted member 6539 · Mar 30, 2019

Lying ass cops. They executed him.

ImTheresaMay said:
Damn man I feel like this dude took too much Xanax and was doing dangerous shit like flashing his gun because of it.

There's nothing mentioned to support this weird ass attempt at justification.

SigSig · Mar 30, 2019

Imthefunmachine said:
So are you saying the gun was loaded or not. Your two post contradict each other.

I'm saying it doesn't matter, because magazine in or out, the officers still operated under the assumption it wasn't in. the article claims nothing else. so unless those cops have super powers and can see into the future, it doesn't really qualify as a reason to riddle the dude with holes.

BetterKnowledge · Mar 30, 2019

Yes, the man passed out in his car was obviously going to wake up and start shooting cops. He was clearly passed out for fun, as a trick! Those 6+ officers were in clear danger of all being killed!

These "police" are such pussies.

Imthefunmachine · Mar 30, 2019

SigSig said:
I'm saying it doesn't matter, because magazine in or out, the officers still operated under the assumption it wasn't in. the article claims nothing else.

Nope they were always under the assumption there was at least one shot in the gun.

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