Waching daily Jan 13 2018

BREAKING NEWS!!!

He JUST Pulled a GUN!!

Making stupid mistakes might be a right of passage for teenagers, but if that stupid

mistake includes pulling a gun on a cop, it might be your right of passage to the afterlife.

That was the case with one 17-year-old from Arkansas who unnecessarily escalated a routine

traffic stop and ended up shot by police.

The incident garnered quite a bit of press, and since the teen was black, the entire world

wanted to pin the incident on police.

Vigils were held, accusations were hurled, but in the end, the dashcam video was released,

along with audio, and the world now knows the truth.

Daily Mail reports that the teen not only pulled a gun during the altercation, but shot

once at police, and was trying to shoot again when an officer fatally shot him:

"Police have released a dramatic dashcam video that shows a 17-year-old pulling a gun

and firing it at cops before officers shoot him dead in Arkansas.

Smith was a rear-seat passenger in a car pulled over for speeding and a headlight violation

in the 5200 block of Camp Robinson Road in North Little Rock, Arkansas, just after 1am

on Sunday.

The clip shows him wrestling with an officer and while on the ground, pointing his gun

at officers, firing it once and cocking it again before the officers fired a fatal shot."

This incident is incredibly sad because a young life ended in what was probably just

a foolish teenage error.

However, the problem is made way worse if his death is going to be used to cause more

animosity against law enforcement, and ingrained more young men and women with the mistrust

that would cause them to have the same fate.

"North Little Rock Police Chief Mike Davis said he hopes releasing the video will dispel

'misinformation' that Charles Smith was unarmed during the confrontation.

'Since the incident, a great deal of erroneous information has appeared on social media outlets.

… I want to make sure we clear that up today,' Davis said.

The five-minute video shows a patrolman tell the driver to step out of the car, asking,

'You ain't got anything crazy on you, do you?' and 'Why were you driving so

dang-gummed fast, man?'"

It's worth noting here that the officer who initially engaged the teenager was perfectly

polite and chatty.

You can clearly hear in the video (below) that he did everything he could possibly do

to put all of the vehicle's occupants at ease, and let them know what he was going

to do before he did it.

In fact, he seemed to be going above and beyond to make sure they knew he was no threat.

Nothing happened quickly until the gun came out:

"After searching the driver and a front-seat passenger, the officer searched Smith and

asked about weapons, marijuana and his Nike Air Force 1 shoes.

'How do you like them?'

the officer said, chit-chatting during a pat-down.

After twice telling Smith to not reach for something, the two suddenly wrestled to the

ground.

'I can't go to jail,' Smith cried out.

An officer's attempt to use a Taser failed.

'Get your (expletive) hand out,' an officer told Smith, whose hands were out of the camera's

view.

Then the officer yelled, 'It's a (expletive) gun.'

The video shows Smith pointing a handgun at officers, cocking it while his right hand

is pinned against a curb, firing it, and then cocking it again.

The officers then opened fire, killing Smith.

A lawyer for Smith's family, Willard Proctor Jr., said police showed the video to the teenager's

relatives earlier Wednesday.

'We're not at a point where we can make any conclusions,' Proctor said.

He said that once a complete set of video footage is released, there could be an opportunity

to look into 'what, if anything, could have been done differently.'

Davis said the officers involved did not have body cameras.

He said the names of the officers involved could be released after a plan is in place

to protect them, since the agency has received threats.

'Misinformation gets out that says … the subject wasn't armed, the subject didn't

shoot,' Davis said.

'He was armed and we, in fact, had to take action because of that.

I want people to see what happened.'"

Any loss of life is a tragedy, but sadly we all make our own choices, and this young man

made the choice to try and take a life, and the officers in question were just defending

themselves.

WARNING: Some strong language and disturbing images

Sadly this death was destined to be politicized, because of the color of his skin.

If we remove that political aspect though, we see a spooked kid that shouldn't have

been in possession of a firearm who lied to police and then did a stupid thing that got

him killed.

The ironly is that if we spent as much time teaching our kids how to behave themselves

around law enforcement instead of how to hate them we would have less deaths and actually

need less police.

[H/T: Daily Mail]

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Samuel Woodward: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know || SML News - Duration: 11:56.

Samuel Woodward: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Samuel Woodward.

Samuel Woodward, the high school friend who said he drove college student Blaze Bernstein to the park where Bernstein disappeared, is now accused in Bernstein's murder, sheriff's officials confirmed.

The disappearance of the University of Pennsylvania student was mysterious for days as it was reported that Blaze walked into the California park and simply did not return.

Searches – including with drones – initially turned up nothing and Bernstein's family took to social media in a public effort to find out what happened to their son, who was intending to study pre-med in Pennsylvania and edited a food magazine on campus.

However, his body was then discovered in brush in a shallow grave.

At a press conference announcing the arrest on January 12, an attorney and friend for the Bernstein family read a statement for the family, which expressed their thanks for law enforcement and to the community.

"We will continue to search for justice for Blaze and his family," the statement said.

"Our words can not express how grateful the family is to their community here in Orange County and all over the world for expressing their love and support during this very difficult week.

Blaze wanted to make the world a better place.

With his death, a beautiful life has been extinguished.".

Blaze's family urged the public to commit "acts of loving kindness" in memory of Blaze, saying, "By honoring Blaze's memory, we hope you will make the world a better place.

Here's what you need to know:.

Woodward & Bernstein Attended a School of the Arts Together.

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Woodward was arrested on January 12, 2018, only three days after authorities revealed that they had found Blaze's body.

The 20-year-old "was taken into custody Friday shortly after leaving his home in Newport Beach," The Los Angeles Daily News reported, quoting a source.

Undersheriff Don Barnes offered condolences to the Bernstein family in a press conference in which he confirmed that Woodward was under arrest.

"We have seen an outpouring of support," Barnes said, adding, "It's vital to remember that Blaze was a 19-year-old young man with hopes and aspirations.

" He added that "at first all clues pointed to a missing person's case.

Police followed leads and looked at surveillance video.

The friend, Woodward, told investigators he had picked up Blaze and they went to meet up with another friend, alleged Barnes.

He said Blaze exited the vehicle and walked to the park by himself.

Woodward said he waited for an hour, but Blaze didn't return.

He returned to look around the park and told investigators he didn't find Blaze and left, according to Barnes.

On January 4, the Sheriff's Department started the search for Blaze, which lasted for days.

At first, no evidence was discovered.

At the outset of this case, the concern was to find Blaze.

The search came to an end when Blaze's body was found at the park in a "shallow grave" in brush.

The case turned from a missing person's case to a homicide investigation, said Barnes.

Authorities interviewed witnesses again, including Woodward.

For the last three days, since Blaze's body was discovered, the investigators worked to bring a suspect into custody.

Inconsistencies in the story of Woodward led authorities to focus on Woodward in the death, said Barnes.

"Our investigators have identified a suspect in this case and we have brought him into custody," he confirmed, identifying the suspect as Samuel Lincoln Woodward, 20, of Newport Beach.

According to Barnes, investigators believe that Woodward and Barnes drove "to many locations before arriving at the park." The specific details of what happened at the park are part of the final investigation.

No details will be shared regarding the condition of the body and cause of death until the investigation is concluded, said Barnes.

"Woodward had told homicide investigators that he drove Bernstein to Borrego Ranch Park on Jan.

2, the night Bernstein disappeared," the Los Angeles Daily News reported.

The Orange County Register also confirmed the name.

The Daily News added that Bernstein and Woodward attended high school together, reporting, "Bernstein and the arrested man had attended the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana at the same time at one point.

Bernstein's Mother Responded That 'Revenge Is Empty' & a Page in Woodward's Name Says He Wished He Could Have Dinner With Ronald Reagan.

The news of the arrest sparked an emotional tweet from Blaze Bernstein's heartbroken mother.

Blaze's father had been front and center in public efforts to keep attention on his son's disappearance.

"Finally," wrote Jeanne Pepper on Twitter.

"My thoughts are: Revenge is empty.

It will never bring back my son.

My only hopes are that he will never have the opportunity to hurt anyone else again and that something meaningful can come from the senseless act of Blaze's murder.

Now Do Good for Blaze Bernstein.".

Police confirmed an arrest in the case.

According to the Los Angeles Daily News, "Around 1:15 p.m., two sheriff's investigators brought the handcuffed man to the Orange County Jail.

He had on a sweatshirt that read, 'Keep the peace.".

Although Woodward does not appear to have an active Facebook page in his name, there is an ASKfm page in his name that mentions his high school.

The page says its author would like to have had dinner with Ronald Reagan.

The question was posed: "What is something you have lost, that you wish you could get back?" The answer: "Hope for humanity." Asked "If you could learn a new skill today, what would it be?" and the answer came in one word "waterboarding.".

Asked his attitude to human cloning, and the answer was: "Just One of me in the world is already bad enough…".

Authorities Are Still Investigating the Motive.

The sheriff's official, Barnes, gave a chronology of the case.

He said that the motive is not yet clear, and authorities also did not share much information on how Bernstein and Woodward knew each other beyond high school.

On January 3, the family had reported Blaze missing.

He was home on winter break and had last been seen by his family the night before, when they shared dinner together.

Blaze's father last saw him in his room after dinner.

The following day, his family became concerned when he missed a dental appointment.

They searched his room and found his belongings, including credit cards and glasses.

The homicide investigators took over.

The family accessed Blaze's Snapchat account and contacted the friend who had last had contact with him, who came to the Bernstein home and picked him up.

Blaze Bernstein's "body was found Tuesday afternoon (January 9) in brush surrounding a neighborhood park in the Foothill Ranch area of the city of Lake Forest," reported ABC 6.

Friends and family members have said before that they don't have a clue why Bernstein wanted to go into Whiting Ranch Wilderness Area and Borrego Park in the first place, but he never came back out.

"Our son, Blaze Bernstein, has been missing since the late evening of Tuesday January 2nd, 2018.

He was last seen at Borrego Park near our home in Foothill Ranch, CA (Lake Forest)," his father wrote previously on Facebook.

Blaze had asked a friend to take him to the wilderness area around 11 p.m.