VIDEO: White Officer Accused of Targeting Black Man with Aggression; Body Cam Tells the True Story

September 15, 2014 By Jennifer Burke



In the wake of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, there has been an increased effort to paint all white police officers as individuals with itchy trigger fingers to shoot black men. Activist Attorney General Eric Holder has even opened an investigation into the entire Ferguson Police Department, even though the full investigation into the shooting of Brown by Officer Darren Wilson has not yet been completed.

Outrageous statements such as accusing white officers of willfully gunning down blacks without just cause have been made by some on the Left. A narrative has been pushed that black men are in danger when it comes to police for simply being black men.Out of Oakland, California comes a story of such a claim being made, that a white officer used inappropriate force and threatened to shoot a black man. The black man in question is named Keith Jones. He also happens to be a firefighter.

Jones was returning to his vehicle at 10:45 pm following an Oakland Raiders game with his sons, ages 9 and 12, when he noticed the garage door of his fire station open. He figured the guys left quickly for a call and forgot to shut it. He walked through the station to make sure that everything was okay. As he emerged from shutting the door, a white police officer, who happened to be a rookie, was responding to a possibly burglary in progress and confronted him. According to Jones, the officer yelled, “Don’t move. Put your hands up.”

Jones told KPIX5, “His hand was on his gun. He was crouched, he was low. He was basically in a shooting stance.” He continued saying how his 9 year old was crying, so he told the officer, “sir, my name is Keith Jones. I’m an Oakland firefighter. I work here. Those are my kids. Could you please allow them to put their hands down and let them know that it’s okay.” Jones then claimed the officer looked at him and said, “Keep your hands up and don’t move.”

The news story goes on with Jones and his kids saying they thought the officer was going to shoot Jones. He added that, “I think they [white police officers] view black men as a threat.”

There’s only one problem with Jones’s story.

The officer in question was wearing a body cam. The rookie police officer was wearing a body cam that caught the entire thing on tape. It proves one thing. Jones was not telling the truth about his altercation with the police officer. In fact, some people might say he’s a liar.

Is this what things have come to – blatant lies that could end a man’s career and livelihood told just to push a race-baiting narrative?
WATCH both videos and see for yourself. Does the real-time footage by the body cam support Jones’s claim?

Bodycam footage.


Published on Sep 3, 2014
Oakland police Officer Anthony Martinelli detained Oakland firefighter Keith Jones and his 9- and 12-year-old sons at Fire Station 29 on Aug. 15. Oakland police released body camera footage from two officers in the incident. This is footage from Officer Martinelli.


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