In February of this year, a 17-year-old Michigan teen named Deven Guilford was shot and killed by an Eaton County Sheriff’s deputy after the teen attacked the deputy during a traffic stop.
The deputy, Sgt. Jonathan Frost, was cleared by prosecutors in June who said Frost acted in self-defense. However, newly released body-cam footage of the encounter as well as a Federal civil suit just filed by Guilford’s parents has the story trending on Twitter today:
An Unarmed Teen Flashed His Brights At A Cop And Ended Up Dead #DevenGuilford http://t.co/NCAryASOn4
— deray (@deray) October 16, 2015
This is Deven Guilford, the teen shot & killed by the Michigan officer who stopped him for flashing his headlights pic.twitter.com/PrSziGePqI
— OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN) October 16, 2015
Family of slain teen Deven Guilford files lawsuit over fatal roadside shooting. @rehemaellis reports now pic.twitter.com/5qRPGt42Ho
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) October 16, 2015
This cop walked after shooting unarmed teen seven times — now parents are seeking justice http://t.co/hG0vl4hjYF pic.twitter.com/rDzSryl05N
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 14, 2015
If you watch the video yourself, you’ll see these headlines don’t tell the entire story. Yes Deven was unarmed and yes the traffic stop was over a minor infraction, but it’s clear in the video that after getting tazed, Deven jumps up and attacks Sgt. Frost:
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Here’s what Frost looked like after the encounter:
Again. Here's what savage criminal #DevenGuilford did to Sgt. Jonathan Frost before Frost legally defended himself. pic.twitter.com/6ZexBgxUAK
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 16, 2015
Another pic of the savage beating "unarmed" #DevenGuilford gave Sgt. Frost before the Sgt. justifiably shot him. pic.twitter.com/kcigvSy5d0
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 16, 2015
This is what "unarmed" #devonguilford did to Sgt. Jonathan Frost before Sgt. Frost fired his weapon in self defense. pic.twitter.com/ilUWyNl5zA
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 16, 2015
Facts matter, yet the media is willfully ignoring Sgt. Frost’s injuries in order to push their preferred narrative. Again:
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