ANOTHER UNARMED BLACK MAN."
WHAT HAPPENED IN BEAVERCREEK
IS GENERATING QUESTIONS
ABOUT A
VARIETY OF ISSUES RANGING FROM
THE WAY POLICE ARE TRAINED TO
TOY GUNS.
NEWS 5 CONTINUES TEAM
COVERAGE FOR YOU TONIGHT WITH
MORE ON THIS
ISSUE.
THIS IS A CASE THAT WILL BE
REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED FOR YEARS
TO COME.
NOT ONLY
BECAUSE A MAN LOST HIS
LIFE AT THE HANDS OF POLICE, BUT
ALSO BECAUSE OF THE WAY POLICE
RESPONDED .
THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS
IT'S JUST A HORRIBLE SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES.
ARE WHETHER
YOU AGREE WITH
THAT STATEMENT OR NOT THAT IS
EXACTLY HOW SPECIAL PROSECUTOR
MARK
PIEDMEYER VIEWS WHAT
HAPPENED AT THIS WALMART STORE
IN BEAVERCREEK OHIO.
AMONG THE CIRCUMSTANCE EGGS
S,
THE AIR RIFLE
INVOLVED AND TWO THE WAY POLICE
ARE TRAINED.
JUST ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE
WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY
POLICE
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED TOOK PART
IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING
EXERCISE.
AGAIN IT'S
LIKE, YOU KNOW,
PUT ME IN, COACH, I WANT TO
KNOCK SOME HEADS OR SOMETHING
AND THAT'S WHAT THESE GUYS ARE
TOLD, YOU'VE GOT TO GET IN THERE
AND AGGRESSIVELY NEUTRALIZE THE
THREAT.
IF YOU
WANT TO CRITICIZE THE
TRAINING OR CHANGE IT OKAY BUT
THESE
GUYS JUST DID WHAT THEY
WERE TOLD TO
DO.
ADDRESSING THE GUN ISSUE, HE
HELD UP A REAL GUN
AND THE AIR
RIFLE
CRAWFORD WAS HOLDING
BEFORE
HE WAS
KILLED.
THE
PELLET GUNS AND THE BEE
BEE GUNS IT'S NOT LIKE
THE RED
RYDER YOU MIGHT
HAVE HAD AS A
KID.
THESE ARE DESIGNED TO LOOK
LIKE
THE REAL
MCCOY
.
THE ONE ON THE
LEFT OF YOUR
SCREEN IS A REAL GUN.
SEEING THE
DIFFERENCE
ON YOUR
TELEVISION IS
ONE THING, BUT FOR
OFFICERS MAKING SPLIT
SECOND
DECISIONS IT'S
AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT STORY.
AS LONG AS ALL TH
E
CIRCUMSTANCES TELL YOU IT'S A
DANGER
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO
ENGAGE.
FEDERAL REGULATIONS
REQUIRE THAT TOY GUNS HAVE
ORANGE MARKINGS ON THEM TO SHOW
THEY ARE
NOT REAL FIREARMS.
THE RULES DO NOT A PLAY TO BEE
BEE GUNS, PELLET GUNS
OR AIRSOFT
GUNS.
THEY BE SOLD WITHOUT ANY SPECIAL
MARKINGS.
WLWT CONTINUES TO LEADING THE
WAY
AS THIS CASE DEVELOPS.
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