Justin Glawe of the Daily Beast writes that ” there are virtually no accusations that the as-of-yet unnamed officer from the Berkeley Police Department acted wrongly when he shot and killed 18-year-old Antonio Martin late Tuesday night.” After all, Glawe writes, “Martin pulled a stolen gun from his pocket, aimed it at the cop and got a few bullets in return.”
Glawe is incorrect. In fact, scores of people have been accusing the Berkeley Police Department officer who shot Martin of misconduct.
And they are still at it. Look:
3) In the exchange, #AntonioMartin pulled out his phone to record the officer's behavior.
4) The officer perceived it as a threat, fired.— Sean (@SeanSharesStuff) December 25, 2014
Antonio Martin never had a gun. It's all apart of the conspiracy. It was planted there to have the cops look like they're the "good guy"
— REIGN (@MalayaReign) December 24, 2014
It just seems implausible to me that a Black man in 2014 would pull a concealed weapon when standing in front of a cop. #AntonioMartin
— April is #StillWithKap (@ReignOfApril) December 25, 2014
Why scrutinize that video for a gun? Cops have shown that they'll shoot Black folks who are clearly unarmed. #AntonioMartin
— April is #StillWithKap (@ReignOfApril) December 25, 2014
Did #AntonioMartin pull out a gun or did he pull out his phone 2 record the cop harassing him? See the screen light> http://t.co/QX1njoj4KV
— Tariq Nasheed ?? (@tariqnasheed) December 25, 2014
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No, sir. They certainly don't. #AntonioMartin RT @mr_mookie: @WyzeChef do guns have screens that light up? pic.twitter.com/dOLO0LUt8w
— Dr. Cornel Fresh (@WyzeChef) December 25, 2014
It seriously looks like the cop started being overly aggressive and #AntonioMartin, like so many others these days, pulled out his phone.
— Dr. Cornel Fresh (@WyzeChef) December 25, 2014
If you hold ur phone out from a distance recording, it looks exactly like #AntonioMartin did! And why did it Take 2 h's for a gun to appear?
— BruhitzTahj (@BruhitzTahj) December 25, 2014
To me appears #AntonioMartin may have been taking out his phone to film cop harassing him, was killed, no medics called, gun planted. So sad
— KD Drummond (@KDDrummondNFL) December 25, 2014
is it plausible for a teenager to pull a gun and aim it at a cop or was it a cell phone to try to protect his rights? #AntonioMartin
— Joseph (@josephroque89) December 25, 2014
That was not a gun. It was a phone #AntonioMartin was recording the police. After he learned the dash cam and body cams were off. @cspanwj
— Edward Perkins (@wuperkins) December 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/annamarch/status/548023511202398208
I don't believe that was a gun he pulled … It was more likely a Cell Phone. With the LED flash activated .. to record. #AntonioMartin
— CS ™ (@CSBranded) December 25, 2014
According to police, Martin pulled a gun. This gun:
Not a cell phone. A gun.
It wasn’t the young man’s first run-in with the law:
@jdl1491 @Contour3443 @micahsgrrl Actually #AntonioMartin 'known to police' before Berkeley shooting – video http://t.co/1qPR7tjzfY
— Becca H (@LadyOnTheRight1) December 25, 2014
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‘The gun was supposedly planted.’ Conspiracy theories abound after police shooting of #AntonioMartin
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