Video: Akron’s Jayland Walker Shot at Cops

CLAY: We’re talking about a story in New York that is likely to become a major flash point as we determine exactly what the fallout is going to be. Also, Buck, you were just telling me there’s a major storyline surrounding Akron, Ohio. This is not the kid who got stomped to death outside of LeBron James’ school, which everybody basically is pretending didn’t happen.

But Jayland Walker was shot by police, and they now have released video of Jayland Walker shooting at the police from his car. They found a gun in the passenger’s seat of his car. They’ve had curfews in Akron, Ohio, the past couple of nights over this shooting. Have you watched the video? I know that it’s been released.

BUCK: Yes.

CLAY: And police argued that the reason they were in hot pursuit and certainly the reason that Jayland Walker was shot was because he had fired a shot already at police, and that gun was recovered inside of the car, and the Akron police have now released a video that they say is this individual firing at them. And then when he got out of the car, they say they fired at him when he turned around towards them, based on the fact that he’d already fired at them once before.

BUCK: This is… In one way, I’d say there’s a parallel here. The bodega employee would have to assume or would understandably assume that when he had already been threatened with a knife the guy who comes in to help girlfriend probably still has that knife. If this guy, Jayland Walker, shot at cops — which they say he did and it’s all on video — they would assume that he still has that gun on him — and he flees and it’s nighttime and he turns around rapidly, what are they supposed to do, wait until they see the muzzle blast? This is the reality of law enforcement today, folks. A lot of people trying to undermine them before they even have the full facts in.