White, Grand Rapids cop shoots black motorist dead after traffic stop—local tv pumps up the race angle; so, was it “suicide-by-cop,” a black felon’s attempted murder of a White cop, or a black felon simply deciding that no White cop has a right to arrest him for breaking “the White man’s laws”?

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
Monday, April 4, 2022 at 11:20:00 P.M. EDT

GRA: A later report at 11 p.m. on TV, described the motorist as black.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (wood) — An officer shot and killed a man Monday morning on the city’s southeast side, police say.

Around 8:10 a.m., an officer pulled over a vehicle near Nelson Avenue SE and Griggs Street SE.

[negro territory.]

Police say the driver fled from the vehicle but was apprehended by the officer.

[GRA: He ran—he’s black.]

grpd says they still don’t know if the driver was armed, or what lead to the initial traffic stop, but after running the license plate, the officer discovered it didn’t match the car, grand rapids police department Chief Eric Winstrom said.

It is unclear if the vehicle was stolen.

Winstrom said the driver got out of the car and ran away because he was going to be taken into custody. When the officer caught up to him, they fought.

[N.S.: “They” didn’t “fight.” The black perp committed assault and battery against the White cop in resisting arrest. But I have no sympathy for police, in this regard. They constantly lie about blacks committing assault and battery against Whites, saying, “They had a verbal dispute, “They scuffled,” “They fought.”]

“It was kind of a wrestling match. A taser was used. The taser didn’t work,” said a witness who didn’t want to be identified.

[N.S.: Note the passive voice.]

The witness said he tried to calm the driver down.

“I told him, ‘Just stay down man. Please just stay down. Don’t make it worse man, and it will be OK,'” the witness said.

But the driver continued to struggle with the officer.

[N.S.: But the perp continued to batter the officer, and resist arrest.]

That “lengthy fight” ended with the officer opening fire and killing the man, Winstrom said.

“During the struggle, the officer lost his body camera,” Winstrom said. “We can see that the camera is still on scene and still activated. So, we’re anxious to recover that camera and review that video.”

During an afternoon press conference, Winstrom explained that body cameras are attached to officers either with a metal plate inside their shirt, a vest carrier or by a hook. It’s unclear how the officer’s camera was attached.

“They’re fairly secure if you run, but if you’re in a fight with an individual, it’s not that difficult to dislodge,” he said.

Winstrom said he intends to release the body camera footage “sometime next week.”

“…That gives us enough time to allow the Michigan State Police to conduct a fair investigation without that information being in the public, and it will give me a chance to reach out to the family, who I think has the right to see the video before the rest of the public,” Winstrom said.

The officer, who is White, was injured. Police initially said he was taken to the hospital but later clarified that he was treated on the scene.

The officer’s name was also not released Monday. Winstrom said he has been with the department for about seven years.

GRA: The new, White police chief looked like he had a parched throat, talking today. Welcome to Grand Rapids.

--GRA

N.S.: So, was it “suicide-by-cop,” a black felon’s attempted murder of a White cop, or a black felon simply deciding that no White cop has a right to arrest him for breaking “the White man’s laws”?