Post by Scumhunter on Oct 10, 2019 0:24:59 GMT -5
(Above: Only Thaddeous Green (top left) remained at large in this case as of October 9th, 2019. Photo Credit: heavy.com via Dallas Police Department)
From dallasnews.com:
After days of speculation surrounding the shooting of Joshua Brown, a witness in the Amber Guyger trial, Dallas police identified three suspects Tuesday in connection with Brown's death.
Tuesday evening, NBC News reported that the second of the three, Michael Diaz Mitchell, had been taken into custody in Louisiana. Dallas police later confirmed that he had been taken into custody by U.S. marshals in Marksville, La.
After days of speculation surrounding the shooting of Joshua Brown, a witness in the Amber Guyger trial, Dallas police identified three suspects Tuesday in connection with Brown's death.
Tuesday evening, NBC News reported that the second of the three, Michael Diaz Mitchell, had been taken into custody in Louisiana. Dallas police later confirmed that he had been taken into custody by U.S. marshals in Marksville, La.
Earlier that day, Assistant Chief Avery Moore said that one of the suspects, Jacquerious Mitchell, 20, was in custody at Parkland Hospital.
During that news conference, held at Dallas police headquarters, officials said Brown was fatally shot Friday in a drug deal gone bad at an apartment complex on Cedar Springs Road. All three suspects came from Alexandria, La., to purchase drugs from him, police said.
The third suspect, Thaddeous Charles Green, 22, remains at large.
The announcement of the suspects' names came as pressure increased from community leaders for an independent investigation into Brown's case. Brown had testified in the murder trial of Guyger, a former Dallas police officer convicted of murder last week and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The timing of Brown's death raised public speculation about whether the shooting was somehow tied to his testimony.
Brown's family declined a request for an interview through civil rights attorney Lee Merritt on Tuesday but said in a statement the department should not continue to lead this investigation. The statement did not refute any details from police officials.
"A cloud of suspicion will rest over this case until steps are taken to ensure the trustworthiness of the process," the family said in a written statement.
Moore gave condolences to the Brown family and said the department was working "diligently" to find the remaining suspects. Moore then addressed the conspiracy theories and said they "simply are not true."
Without pointing to specific statements, he issued a warning to community leaders.
"I encourage those leaders to be mindful of their actions moving forward because their words have jeopardized the integrity of the city of Dallas as well as the Dallas Police Department," he said.
According to police, the three suspects were in the same car when they arrived at Brown's apartment complex Friday night. Green got out of the car to talk to Brown, which led to an altercation between the two men. Jacquerious Mitchell told police that when he got out of the car, Brown shot him first.
Jacquerious Mitchell also told police he heard two more gunshots as he lay inside the vehicle.
Green took Brown's backpack and gun, police said. Michael Mitchell was the driver and dropped off Green at an unknown location. Michael Mitchell then dropped off Jacquerious, who is his nephew, at the hospital.
Officers were called Friday night to the Atera apartments in the 4600 block of Cedar Springs Road, where witnesses reported hearing gunshots and seeing a silver four-door sedan speed out of the parking lot.
Police said when they searched Brown's apartment, they confiscated 12 pounds of marijuana, 143 grams of THC cartridges and $4,000 in cash.
The shooting occurred about 3.5 miles from the South Side Flats complex in the Cedars, where Brown had lived across the hall from Botham Jean, the black neighbor Guyger shot as he sat in his apartment. Guyger, a white officer, was off duty when the shooting occurred and said she had mistaken Jean’s apartment for her own.
The department confirmed Sunday afternoon that Brown was the victim officers found around 10:30 p.m. Friday with multiple gunshot wounds to his lower body. Brown died after being taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital.
Brown was also connected to a shooting last year at a strip club in northwest Dallas that left a 26-year-old man dead.
According to an affidavit, a man had waited for Brown outside Dallas Cabaret and fought him when he came out. When Brown tried to leave, the man started shooting, killing Nicholas Shaq'uan Diggs, 26, and injuring Brown.
But police on Tuesday said they did not have evidence that the three suspects were connected to that incident.
Brown's death has prompted response from local and national public officials, including some presidential candidates.
Mayor Eric Johnson had urged patience after Brown's death shocked the city. In a statement Tuesday, Johnson applauded the efforts by Dallas detectives.
"I want to thank everyone who demonstrated patience and responsibly reserved their judgment while the Dallas Police Department gathered the facts regarding the death of Joshua Brown. I urge anyone with additional information about this case to come forward," Johnson said in a statement.
Before the news conference Tuesday, state District Judge Tammy Kemp, who presided over Guyger's trial, said in an interview she was shocked to learn of his death and deeply saddened for his family.
"I just can't imagine what his parents might be going through, and I hate that for them," Kemp said. "I really hate that for them."
Kemp recalled how Brown was visibly moved during the testimony he gave during Guyger's murder trial.
During the trial, Brown testified about the night Jean, who lived across the hall from him, was shot.
He told the jury how he had returned home after watching a football game at a bar the night of Sept. 6, 2018.
Standing in the hallway, he heard what sounded like "two people meeting by surprise," followed by gunfire.
Brown got emotional when he recounted that he hadn't met Jean before that day -- they were both visited by the leasing office about a noise complaint -- but he often heard his neighbor sing gospel music and Drake.
Brown, 28, had played football at the University of South Florida. He was from Jacksonville, Fla., and had worked managing Airbnbs before his death.
How to contact police about the case
Anyone with information about the shooting may contact Detective Jacob White at 214-671-3690 or email jacob.white@dallascityhall.com and refer to the case number, 202433-2019.
Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. To make an anonymous tip, call 214-373-8477.
Bill Perkins, an author and the CEO of the BrisaMax Holdings consulting firm, is offering a $100,000 reward to find who killed Brown, civil rights activist Shaun King announced Sunday
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Thoughts? Once again based on news reports, only Thaddeous Green remained at large as of yesterday, October 9th, 2019.
And once again to summarize why the manhunt for Green is being placed in the Fugitives on TV section is because this is a national news story as Joshua Brown was the key witness in the Amber Guyger murder trial. And once again to summarize, Guyger was an off-duty Dallas police officer who somehow "accidentally" went inside an apartment she thought was her own in her own apartment building and saw Botham Jean, her African-American neighbor she had supposedly never met, thought he was an intruder and shot him to death. She claimed she had told Jean to put his hands up. Brown was the star witness who said he didn't hear that. Guyger was found guilty of murder but only given a 10-year sentence.
I am going to be honest here- for perhaps the first time in my six-plus years running this forum, I do not know what to say. I feel I am in a lose-lose situation as someone who wants to respect both law enforcement who we work with sometimes to help get justice for victims as well as the African-American community, who as the article implies, are still suspicious at the timing of Brown's murder. No matter what I say I feel will perhaps come across as accidentally disrespectful to one side or the other.
What I will say is this- the Dallas Police Department have charged three men, two now captured, with Brown's murder. Meaning Brown is a victim in this case regardless of how or why he was murdered. His life was unlawfully taken and there needs to be justice for him.
At the same time, while I understand Chief Moore's frustrations at what he feels are unfair accusations to his department, and I rarely if ever criticize law enforcement on here since we sometimes need to work with them, but I'm sorry as I have to say it, I feel Moore's comments, and I know he is himself African-American, should have been a little more sensitive in understanding WHY the African-American community is suspicious and feels the way they do. Granted they only showed a small portion of his comments in the article. The problem is- no pun intended- issues in this country are made to be black and white. The media likes to stir things up to where it's one side or the other, pro-police or anti-police. You can be pro law-enforcement and also against police brutality and corruption. And there has been a history of bad shootings where innocent African-Americans have been the victims and Amber Guyger is another example of poor training across the country. Whose fault for the poor training can be up for debate. But there has been a history of the bad shootings where the officers are acquitted or in some cases not even indicted and even Guyger herself only received 10 years. The majority of police in this country are hard-working dedicated individuals who put their lives on the line and are often unappreciated and underpaid. But the percent that aren't are in the eyes of minority communities not being held accountable. So will there be inaccurate conspiracy theories from time to time? Yes, but it should still be understood what lead to those theories in the first place.
So in conclusion, Joshua Brown at the end of the day is a victim and all I can say is I hope Green is captured soon and the Dallas Police Department can work with his family to assure them they have the right guys and that they are brought to justice if they are in fact proven guilty of killing Brown.
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