Current Events > Police kill black father with barrage of bullets in Walmart parking lot

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/17/diante-yarber-police-fatal-shooting-barstow-california

police fired what sounded like more than 30 bullets at a packed car in a shopping store parking lot, killing a black father of three and injuring a young woman in the latest US law enforcement shooting to spark backlash.

Police in Barstow, two hours outside of Los Angeles, killed 26-year-old Diante Yarber, who was believed to be unarmed and was driving his cousin and friends to a local Walmart on the morning of 5 April. Police have alleged that Yarber was wanted for questioning in a stolen vehicle case and that he accelerated the car towards officers when they tried to stop him, but his family and their attorney argued that the young father posed no threat and should not have been treated as a suspect in the first place.

The police took him away for no reason, said Brittany Chandler, the mother of Yarbers 19-month-old daughter, Leilani. The police should be held accountable for this They are sick people for them to be able to shoot someone down in broad daylight.

The shooting happened weeks after police in northern California killed Stephon Clark, an unarmed father who was standing in his familys back yard. Though Yarbers killing has not prompted massive rallies, both shootings have shone a harsh light on the way police continue to aggressively use lethal force in black communities, even in a liberal state where the Black Lives Matter movement has long protested against police violence and racism.

The San Bernardino county sheriffs department said officers were responding to a call of a suspicious vehicle and attempting a traffic stop when Yarber, the driver, suddenly reversed the vehicle and hit a patrol car and then allegedly accelerated. Blurry footage from a witness captured the sounds of dozens of rounds fired in rapid succession, with one or more officers firing at the car, not far from bystanders and shoppers in the lot.

Lee Merritt, an attorney for the family, said Yarber, who was known by the nickname Butchie, was not armed and that the car posed no danger to officers when they began spraying him with bullets.

They saw a car full of black people sitting in front of a Walmart, and they decided that was suspicious, said Merritt. They just began pouring bullets Its irresponsible. Its dangerous. Its mind-boggling, the use of force.

A police spokeswoman said involved officers were on paid administrative leave, but declined to disclose the number of bullets shot and officers who fired. Police labeled the incident an assault on an officer, but Dale Galipo, an attorney representing the 23-year-old woman hit in the car, said the investigation so far has revealed Yarber was unarmed and that officers were not in the path of the vehicle, which means they should never have discharged their weapons, let alone fire a barrage of bullets.

Galipo said his client was struck by at least two shots and suffered serious injuries, adding, Shes still in a state of shock.

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Yarber was also driving his cousins car at the time, which was never reported stolen, said Aleta Yarber, Diantes aunt, who said she has since retrieved the car and that it did not appear it had rammed into police vehicles. Police did not respond to inquiries about the claims that Yarber was a car theft suspect.
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And here we go...
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but what was he doing????
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Wal-mart parking lots usually have surveillance cameras. We'll probably see what happened before too long.
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billcom6 posted...

but what was he doing????

Just sitting

Spooking posted...

FrisbeeDude posted...

when Yarber, the driver, suddenly reversed the vehicle and hit a patrol car and then allegedly accelerated.

FrisbeeDude posted...

was not armed and that the car posed no danger to officers when they began spraying him with bullets.

Bruh...

Allegedly. I thought you waited for facts and all that.

They have footage so they should clearly have the footage of him hitting the patrol vehicle and such.

We should see if the officers were in an immediate threat against their life situation right?
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billcom6 posted...

but what was he doing????

Allegedly ramming into cars and then accelerating towards cops.
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FrisbeeDude posted...

Barstow

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So he hit a patrol car and accelerated his own car.

Play stupid games win stupid prizes. What a fucking flopic.
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So say he did everything that they claimed. Then why would it be ok for them to put the other people in the car as risk ?
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So this after I made by post ?

Spooking posted...

The police reported that, not a random citizen.

Who cares what they say police lie all the time.

This Diante Yarber character put his passenger at risk and almost cost her her life.

Oh he was shooting into the car.. oh that is right he wasn't.
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Spooking posted...

Zeeak4444 posted...

Allegedly. I thought you waited for facts and all that.

The police reported that, not a random citizen.

Also, another quote from a different article:

They said the driver reversed into a patrol car as officers approached and then he accelerated into a second patrol car, at which point the officers fired on the car, also hitting and injuring a female passenger.

http://www.fox19.com/story/37988934/another-unarmed-black-man-diante-yarber-killed-by-police-in-ca

This Diante Yarber character put his passenger at risk and almost cost her her life.

So it's still alleged.

I'll wait for the camera footage to see if the officers were in danger first thanks, fox19 isn't omnipotent.
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cjsdowg posted...

So say he did everything that they claimed. Then why would it be ok for them to put the other people in the car as risk ?

Uh yea. A car is a deadly weapon. Should the police just roll over and die? That guy will have to sort out his actions with God and there is nobody to blame but himself
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glitteringfairy posted...

cjsdowg posted...

So say he did everything that they claimed. Then why would it be ok for them to put the other people in the car as risk ?

Uh yea. A car is a deadly weapon. Should the police just roll over and die? That guy will have to sort out his actions with God and there is nobody to blame but himself

Shut the fuck up no one cares about what you're saying.
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glitteringfairy posted...

Uh yea. A car is a deadly weapon. Should the police just roll over and die? That guy will have to sort out his actions with God and there is nobody to blame but himself

If they car was going towards them. They I don't now where you get this stuff about rolling over and dying from.
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Zeeak4444 posted...

glitteringfairy posted...

cjsdowg posted...

So say he did everything that they claimed. Then why would it be ok for them to put the other people in the car as risk ?

Uh yea. A car is a deadly weapon. Should the police just roll over and die? That guy will have to sort out his actions with God and there is nobody to blame but himself

Shut the fuck up no one cares about what you're saying.

Oh man he's triggered!
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glitteringfairy posted...

Zeeak4444 posted...

glitteringfairy posted...

cjsdowg posted...

So say he did everything that they claimed. Then why would it be ok for them to put the other people in the car as risk ?

Uh yea. A car is a deadly weapon. Should the police just roll over and die? That guy will have to sort out his actions with God and there is nobody to blame but himself

Shut the fuck up no one cares about what you're saying.

Oh man he's triggered!

You should first learn what that term means before using it.
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I hold judgment until the surveillance video comes out, but god damn cops need stricter rules of engagement. No matter what happened, spraying that many bullets in front of a store is negligent as fuck.
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Zeeak4444 posted...

glitteringfairy posted...

Zeeak4444 posted...

glitteringfairy posted...

cjsdowg posted...

So say he did everything that they claimed. Then why would it be ok for them to put the other people in the car as risk ?

Uh yea. A car is a deadly weapon. Should the police just roll over and die? That guy will have to sort out his actions with God and there is nobody to blame but himself

Shut the fuck up no one cares about what you're saying.

Oh man he's triggered!

You should first learn what that term means before using it.

But why? I've got a living example
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Dale Galipo, a lawyer representing Marian Tafoya, the woman injured in the vehicle, says that while police argue that the incident was an assault on an officer, the investigation has found that Yarber was unarmed and that officers were not in the path of the vehicle when they fired. Galipo notes that police training suggests that officers not fire at moving vehicles.

So they unloaded on them for no reason then. Great. Another death that could have been avoided if not for cops

voldothegr8 posted...

I hold judgment until the surveillance video comes out, but god damn cops need stricter rules of engagement. No matter what happened, spraying that many bullets in front of a store is negligent as fuck.

It's crazy, you've got more than just a suspect in the car and you still lay out 30 rounds.
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Conflict posted...

I like how people here act as if cops never tell lies lol

That's literally part of their job to obtain evidence.
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Axiom posted...

Dale Galipo, a lawyer representing Marian Tafoya, the woman injured in the vehicle, says that while police argue that the incident was an assault on an officer, the investigation has found that Yarber was unarmed and that officers were not in the path of the vehicle when they fired. Galipo notes that police training suggests that officers not fire at moving vehicles.

So they unloaded on them for no reason then. Great. Another death that could have been avoided if not for cops

hopefully the fact that a victim is actually around to push things means they're properly punished
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thronedfire2 posted...

Axiom posted...

Dale Galipo, a lawyer representing Marian Tafoya, the woman injured in the vehicle, says that while police argue that the incident was an assault on an officer, the investigation has found that Yarber was unarmed and that officers were not in the path of the vehicle when they fired. Galipo notes that police training suggests that officers not fire at moving vehicles.

So they unloaded on them for no reason then. Great. Another death that could have been avoided if not for cops

hopefully the fact that a victim is actually around to push things means they're properly punished

No kidding. They can't assassinate the character of a person that's alive and able to fight back.
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Axiom posted...

Dale Galipo, a lawyer representing Marian Tafoya, the woman injured in the vehicle, says that while police argue that the incident was an assault on an officer, the investigation has found that Yarber was unarmed and that officers were not in the path of the vehicle when they fired. Galipo notes that police training suggests that officers not fire at moving vehicles.

So they unloaded on them for no reason then. Great. Another death that could have been avoided if not for cops

Could have been avoided even easier if he didn't run into 2 different patrol cars while trying to flee police.
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So the idiot rammed his car into the police cars.

Fair, next.
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MuayThai85 posted...

Axiom posted...

Dale Galipo, a lawyer representing Marian Tafoya, the woman injured in the vehicle, says that while police argue that the incident was an assault on an officer, the investigation has found that Yarber was unarmed and that officers were not in the path of the vehicle when they fired. Galipo notes that police training suggests that officers not fire at moving vehicles.

So they unloaded on them for no reason then. Great. Another death that could have been avoided if not for cops

Could have been avoided even easier if he didn't run into 2 different patrol cars while trying to flee police.

You're not wrong but on the same token he didn't deserve to to die for hitting a car. But again, I'll wait for the footage.
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voldothegr8 posted...

I hold judgment until the surveillance video comes out, but god damn cops need stricter rules of engagement. No matter what happened, spraying that many bullets in front of a store is negligent as fuck.

You know, normally you and I sit on opposite sides of the political and social spectrum. I'm super happy that this is one of the few things we agree on.
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Eat More Beef posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

I hold judgment until the surveillance video comes out, but god damn cops need stricter rules of engagement. No matter what happened, spraying that many bullets in front of a store is negligent as fuck.

You know, normally you and I sit on opposite sides of the political and social spectrum. I'm super happy that this is one of the few things we agree on.

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I'll just wait for the video.

I find it interesting that people are defending a guy who used his car as a deadly weapon.
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DragonGirlYuki posted...

I find it interesting that people are defending a guy who used his car as a deadly weapon.

It would be racist to not defend him.

I find it odd that people would defend the police for unloading their weapons into a moving vehicle with more than just the suspect in it like maniacs.

Wait, no I dont. If the other two passengers died Im sure people would be crowing about how they shouldnt have been in a car with an evil depraved corrupt criminal
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Lord_Theruss posted...

DragonGirlYuki posted...

I find it interesting that people are defending a guy who used his car as a deadly weapon.

It would be racist to not defend him.

Race and gender are not relevant when it comes to a driver using a car as a deadly weapon.
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DragonGirlYuki posted...

Lord_Theruss posted...

DragonGirlYuki posted...

I find it interesting that people are defending a guy who used his car as a deadly weapon.

It would be racist to not defend him.

Race and gender are not relevant when it comes to a driver using a car as a deadly weapon.

We haven't seen footage yet.
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DragonGirlYuki posted...

I find it interesting that people are defending a guy who used his car as a deadly weapon.

I've seen more people saying they'll wait to see the video footage, but I guess we see what we want to see. Kind of how you already automatically believe the cops statement without having seen any proof.
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DragonGirlYuki posted...

I find it interesting that people are defending a guy who used his car as a deadly weapon.

I find it more interesting that people think cops who unloaded on a car full of people are in the right

this feels like a thing that shouldn't happen
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ultimate reaver posted...

I find it odd that people would defend the police for unloading their weapons into a moving vehicle with more than just the suspect in it like maniacs.

Wait, no I dont. If the other two passengers died Im sure people would be crowing about how they shouldnt have been in a car with an evil depraved corrupt criminal

And that they were all likely criminals. It's how some people see the world. I can't imagine being that miserable all the time.
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So you have a report saying he hit 2 squad cars. If he hit one car with the rear of the vehicle and then another with the front, I'm pretty sure after that when they shot him there was no way an officer was in the way of the vehicle. What, an officer jumped in front of the vehicle AFTER he just hit a squad car?

Nah, they were pissed that he damaged their vehicles and that he wasn't complying and one of them shot their gun. The other officers, hearing the gunfire fired their guns as well. Now you have one man dead and a passenger injured. And all the usual suspects justifying it immediately. Not to mention that the actual INVESTIGATION showed that the cops weren't in the way of the vehicle.

I'll wait for the video but the facts that we already have are pretty damning to these police. Not that anything will be done about it
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voldothegr8 posted...

I hold judgment until the surveillance video comes out, but god damn cops need stricter rules of engagement. No matter what happened, spraying that many bullets in front of a store is negligent as fuck.

This, I don't care if you're dealing with a dangerous serial killer, what the cops did was irresponsible and overkill. They even hit the passenger.

I haven't done any research on this so I'm just assuming, but it doesn't sound like he rammed his car into the cops. It sounds like he accidentally backed up into it. Even if he did do it on purpose, a barrage of bullets just seems way too excessive to me. You don't deserve to lose your life over that.

The Admiral posted...

So the idiot rammed his car into the police cars.

Fair, next.

And for that, he deserves death? His entire car full of passengers should have been unloaded onto? None of the police were even hurt.

You're such a fucking joke dude lol
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voldothegr8 posted...

I hold judgment until the surveillance video comes out, but god damn cops need stricter rules of engagement. No matter what happened, spraying that many bullets in front of a store is negligent as fuck.

The actual laws would be sufficient, but courts and juries don't hold cops involved in bad shoots responsible.

The Mesa shooting is a perfect example.
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Yeah I'm going to have to see video/more information before I have an opinion on this.
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goldenBoi45 posted...

So you have a report saying he hit 2 squad cars. If he hit one car with the rear of the vehicle and then another with the front, I'm pretty sure after that when they shot him there was no way an officer was in the way of the vehicle. What, an officer jumped in front of the vehicle AFTER he just hit a squad car?

Nah, they were pissed that he damaged their vehicles and that he wasn't complying and one of them shot their gun. The other officers, hearing the gunfire fired their guns as well. Now you have one man dead and a passenger injured. And all the usual suspects justifying it immediately. Not to mention that the actual INVESTIGATION showed that the cops weren't in the way of the vehicle.

I'll wait for the video but the facts that we already have are pretty damning to these police. Not that anything will be done about it

Unless I missed something the only person who determined that was the lawyer of the woman in the car with him. I will wait for the video as well.

Penis
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