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Man who posted video of Alton Sterling killing claims he was targeted by police
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:39 am
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:39 am
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Chris LeDay was one of the first people to post the video of Alton Sterling being killed by police outside a Baton Rouge convenience store.
About 24 hours later, he said, he found himself surrounded by police, with guns pointed at him.
“I just made it to my job on base and I’m being detained,” he wrote on Facebook July 6. “They said I fit the description of someone and won’t tell me anything else. If anything happens I did not resist! Please be aware!”
LeDay, 34, was handcuffed, shackled and arrested after arriving at his job at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., more than 500 miles from where Sterling, a black man, was killed one day earlier by a white Baton Rouge police officer. LeDay works on the base as a aerospace ground equipment technician, according to the website Photography Is Not A Crime.
His arrest reminded some observers of Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the police chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York — an incident that made national news in large part because of the video, which captured Garner’s final words: “I can’t breathe.”
After recording Garner’s death on July 17, 2014, Orta claimed he was targeted by police.
Last week, the New York Daily News reported that the 24-year-old will likely spend four years in prison after accepting a plea deal in a drug and weapons case from 2014.
“Sometimes I regret just not minding my business,” Orta told Time a year after filming the video that helped mobilize a national protest movement. “Because it just put me in a messed-up predicament.”
After his arrest, hours after sharing the video of the fatal police shooting in Baton Rouge, LeDay claimed on Facebook that he was told he “fit the description” of someone wanted for an assault and battery charge in Dunwoody, Ga. Later, he said, police changed their story and told him he was being arrested for failing to pay outstanding traffic tickets.
“They totally overlook the fact that I was arrested for ‘fitting the description’ and ‘you have an assault and battery charge in Dunwoody, GA’ which by the way I HAVE NEVER COMMITED OR EVEN HEARD OF ….. and go straight to ‘well you shoulda paid those traffic tickets’ really?” he wrote. “Lmao really? Lol wow!!! Yeah trafffic tickets will get you 25 to Life I guess.”
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Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:42 am to trom83
Why would cops in Georgia target him for video of an incident in Baton Rouge?
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:42 am to trom83
Is this the guy who actually filmed it or the owner of the company it was sold to?
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:43 am to trom83
Wow and they wonder why so many don't trust them
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:44 am to Jester
Cops are in a law enforcement fraternity
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:44 am to trom83
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Chris LeDay was one of the first people to post the video of Alton Sterling being killed by police outside a Baton Rouge convenience store
So what was he doing there at 2 AM in the morning???
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:44 am to trom83
dude got a smug face
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:44 am to trom83
"Give me attention!"
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:45 am to YouAre8Up
I don't think he was there. He just posted the video.
There was a story that most people aren't paying attention to...
The original recording was done by people paid to listen to scanners and go to the location police are dispatched to film. They turn the video over for a price and that company decides when/if to release the footage.
There was a story that most people aren't paying attention to...
The original recording was done by people paid to listen to scanners and go to the location police are dispatched to film. They turn the video over for a price and that company decides when/if to release the footage.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:45 am to trom83
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Last week, the New York Daily News reported that the 24-year-old will likely spend four years in prison after accepting a plea deal in a drug and weapons case from 2014.
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“Sometimes I regret just not minding my business,” Orta told Time a year after filming the video that helped mobilize a national protest movement. “Because it just put me in a messed-up predicament.”
Being wanted and then outing yourself is never a good idea
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:45 am to YouAre8Up
quote:where does it say he was the videographer?
So what was he doing there at 2 AM in the morning??
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:45 am to Nado Jenkins83
I thought chicks were the only ones that did fish lips for the camera?
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:46 am to ell_13
this guy?
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:47 am to trom83
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fter recording Garner’s death on July 17, 2014, Orta claimed he was targeted by police. Last week, the New York Daily News reported that the 24-year-old will likely spend four years in prison after accepting a plea deal in a drug and weapons case from 2014. “Sometimes I regret just not minding my business,” Orta told Time a year after filming the video that helped mobilize a national protest movement. “Because it just put me in a messed-up predicament.”
You don't regret selling drugs and having guns illegally?
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:47 am to MontyFranklyn
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Wow and they wonder why so many don't trust them
Probably because people make up complete lies like this to get famous.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:53 am to trom83
I love how people think they're more important than they actually are. Like the cops know or care who posted that video.
His story is the typical drama. He fits the description of a perp. They pull him over to investigate. They run his info and it comes back with unpaid tickets. He is no longer considered a suspect but has to get taken in on outstanding warrants. This isn't a complicated formula but never underestimate the drama of perpetual victims.
Oh, well, he didn't hear about the crime and he told the cops he didn't do it so they should've let him go on the spot.
His story is the typical drama. He fits the description of a perp. They pull him over to investigate. They run his info and it comes back with unpaid tickets. He is no longer considered a suspect but has to get taken in on outstanding warrants. This isn't a complicated formula but never underestimate the drama of perpetual victims.
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I was arrested for ‘fitting the description’ and ‘you have an assault and battery charge in Dunwoody, GA’ which by the way I HAVE NEVER COMMITED OR EVEN HEARD OF …..
Oh, well, he didn't hear about the crime and he told the cops he didn't do it so they should've let him go on the spot.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:57 am to trom83
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LeDay told Photography Is Not a Crime that he spent the night in jail and was released after paying $1,231 in fines. He said he couldn’t afford to cover the unpaid traffic fines that led to his latest arrest and had been relying on Uber to get to work.
“The whole thing was super-fishy,” LeDay told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after his arrest.
“Expose the truth and you somehow become the bad guy,” he wrote Tuesday on Facebook.
Attempts to reach LeDay were not immediately successful.
According to DeKalb County Jail booking records, LeDay was held overnight after being arrested for failure to appear.
Mark Stevens, a community outreach officer with the Dunwoody Police Department, told The Washington Post that LeDay was initially arrested two years ago for “various traffic charges.” But he failed to show up for a court date several months later, prompting officials to issue a warrant for his arrest.
So the guy got arrested for a warrant that was issued and admitted to it. He just upset because of the timing of the arrest seems fishy.
Mess with the bull you get the horns
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:59 am to ell_13
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I don't think he was there. He just posted the video.
Ahhhh....
Posted on 7/13/16 at 11:11 am to trom83
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“I just made it to my job"
I find this hard to believe
Posted on 7/13/16 at 11:13 am to The Torch
I guess if he worked at McDonald's you would have believed him
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