Go to Admin » Appearance » Widgets » and move Gabfire Widget: Social into that MastheadOverlay zone
An off-duty police officer in Chicago killed a man on Saturday night after a fight that ensued after the man’s 4-year old daughter had been injured by the officer’s motorcycle. The officer was going home on Saturday night when he claims that 4-year old Taniyah Middleton got in the way of his bike.
He says that he jumped off the bike to avoid hitting the 4-year old, but the bike slid and hit the girl and her 18-year old cousin.
The girl’s father, Christopher came out of a restaurant when he saw the accident and allegedly attacked the officer. That’s when the man was shot by the officer’s gun.
“Chris was a great father,” Middleton’s cousin Mathis Hoskin told ABC’s Chicago affiliate WLS. “He was always helpful, never mad – always happy with a smile on his face.”
Pat Camden, a spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police, says that the officer was not at fault and the girl’s father needed to be shot that night.
“He was on his way home and a 4-year-old ran out into traffic,” said Camden. “He had a choice of hitting her head-on or dumping his bike and taking the personal injury to avoid hitting the 4-year old – which he did. But as he dumped the bike, it slid across the road. She wound up getting nicked by the bike. He wound up with a broken ankle, a dislocated shoulder.”
“After the accident he gets up and the girl’s father became irate with him and comes over to him,” Camden continued. “The officer tells him, ‘I’m the police. Take it easy.’ The guy says, ‘I don’t give a [bleep] who you are’ and hits him in the face. Another man hits him from behind. The officer goes to the ground. They’re beating him and he’s about to lose consciousness. He pulls his weapon to defend himself at that point, fires one shot, and kills one of the individuals who happens to be the father of the 4-year-old.”
“Had the father simply stood there instead of attacking a police officer he might be alive today,” Camden stated.
Middleton’s relatives say that the father’s actions are understandable. They also say that the officer never identified himself to be with the police force after the incident.
“Of course a father would be upset at the initial reaction of seeing the child in this condition and he confronted the guy and they got into a confrontation,” Middleton’s uncle Darrell Davis told WLS.
“He never let anyone know he was a police officer until after he shot him,” witness Cordell Haggard said to WLS.
The girl and the officer were taken to the hospital after the incident. Chicago police say the situation is under investigation.
Log in- Posts -
Add New
-
Powered by WordPress -
Designed by Gabfire Themes
Shedrick Williams Sr.
September 18, 2012 at 6:50 pm
Yall have a lot to say. Every incident between black and white ISN’T RACIALLY MOTIVATED and anyone who thinks so is crazy it perhaps racist themselves. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. What would any of you fine upstanding African American men would’ve done if addressed with this incident? And in case you DON’T KNOW I’m from the streets too. NO WHERE in this re-enactment of events did the witnesses say he was speeding, driving, reckless, or anything. Notice they didn’t say that HE DIDN’T AVOID THE CHILD. HE DID WHAT ANY ONE OF YALL WOULD’VE DONE. 2 ON 1 AND IF YOU HAD A GUN YOU WOULDN’T HAVE. I had a 3 year old run RIGHT OUT IN FRONT ME WIT MY FAMILY IN DA VEHICLE. HOWBOUT WATCH YOUR KIDS.
Nik
September 6, 2012 at 7:01 pm
I wasn’t there so cannot comment on what the police officer did or didn’t do. I am curious about the speed the officer was driving that he didn’t have time to slow and/ or swerve? I assume that like here in the UK, America also has certain speed limits in residential areas.
As a mother I do understand the fathers response to what happened. While his daughter wasn’t seriously injured his mind would have been running with all of the “what ifs” and a kind of panic/ rage would set in. Although I do think that two guys beating up on the officer to the point he is on the ground is a bit extreme.
One other thing that confuses me is that surely even in a blind rage someone would recognise a gun being pointed at them and would stop attacking? Would that not be an automatic reaction?
I hear all the time about victims unable to describe assailants whom have held them at gun point, however they can describe the gun in great detail. This is supposedly because a person becomes paralysed to the point they cannot look anywhere other than down the barrel of the gun pointed at them. Not sure exactly how true this is since I’ve never had the bad luck to be held at gun point. However I do think any sane person would have stopped the attack for long enough that a someone with law enforcement training could have taken control of the situation. Makes me think that maybe the officer didn’t give a warning before shooting…
Despite which side was in the right (is there a right side when a child has lost a parent?). My heart goes out to the little girl, who not only had the frightening experience of having a motorcycle charging at her, but she then viewed her father in what seems to have been a brutal fight. Not only did she lose him but she actually saw his murder!!
What’s most appalling is out of all the comments left, very few people seem to have given a thought for what this little girl has gone through and how this will affect her throughout her lifetime.
We would much rather argue and point blame than spare a second to say a little prayer for an innocent little girl whom witnessed her daddy die.
Jahstone
September 5, 2012 at 8:12 pm
@Jahstone
LOL, did you really hear anyone say a thing? My god girl don’t they have some books where you at, maybe you can start with See Spot Run, no wait…that might be to hard for you, lolz!
Jahstone
August 31, 2012 at 6:12 am
Hmmm; normally I red stories & keep it movin, delete it frum email or post it on fb w/o comment & 4get bout it. But there’s nuff fuel frum so many Points of View dat I thawt it worthy 2 add-on. 1st off, ppl jumpin out tha windo postin B4 they red tha whole story. Otha ppl juss as quik 2 point a finga as dude wuz 2 pull a trigga. Even otha ppl postin violence on wut they would’ve, could’ve, should’ve dun if placed in tha same shituation… Tha only TRUTH here is: we don’t know wut we would’ve dun! I blieve tha pig didn’t make himself known as pig b/c xperience has tawt me dat dat duzn’t happ’ UNLESS or UNTIL he/she wants/need 2 run & hide. Aside frum dat fact, Pop Duke wuz fueled wit emotions & acted (notice I didn’t say ‘reacted’) accordingly. It’s sad 2 say dat it cost him his life. Had he used reason (thought) as all men SHOULD, he would surely be alive 2dy! No, it’s not a case of a pig killin a Blackman b/c he never made dat known til after tha violation; he needed sumpthin/sumwhere 2 run & hide behind. Dat shield/badge has been a protecta frum time immemorial 4 tha wild cowboys – history teaches dat… This is a Classic Happenstance (dig tha word), of wut We are afraid 2 admit: We, meanin ‘Blackmen’(Dig!). Blackmen don’t f****n THINK! Even now in tha responses, u spew vehemently like u would’ve came out on top in tha shituation. Eh’body need 2 shut tha f*k up & fall back!!!
Jahstone
August 31, 2012 at 5:55 am
Hmmm; normally I read stories & keep it movin, delete it from my email or post it fb w/o a comment & 4get about it. But there’s enuff fuel from so many points of view dat I thought worthy 2 ad-on. 1st off ppl jumpin out tha window posting B4 they read tha whole story. Otha ppl juss as quik 2 point a finga as dude wuz 2 pull a trigga. Even otha ppl posting violence & wut they would’ve, could’ve, should’ve dun if placed in tha same shituation… Tha only truth here is: we don’t know wut we would’ve dun! I blieve tha pig didn’t make himself known as pig b/c xperience has taught me dat duzn’t happen UNLESS or UNTIL he/she wants need 2 run & hide. Aside frum dat fact, Pop Duke wuz fueled wit emotions & acted (notice I didn’t say ‘reacted’) accordingly. It’s sad 2 say dat it wuz cost him his life. Had he used reason (thought) as all men should, he would surely be alive 2dy! No, it’s not a case of a pig killin a Blackman b/c he never made dat know until after tha violation & he needed sumpthin/sumwhere 2 run & hide behind. Dat shield/badge has been a protecta frum time immemorial 4 tha wild cowboys – history teaches dat. This is not a story racism either. It’s an age old
Chris Gibbs
August 17, 2012 at 2:09 am
Dude “thugged up” and turned an accident into a nightmare. If everyone acted like that after an accident the world would be a nightmare. Its the dad’s and the girl’s cousin’s fault that she is without a father now. The cousin is lucky he isnt dead too. Got to be careful who you start slugging these days. Someone will more likely shoot your a*s than fight you back….
keneshabolton@yahoo.com
August 16, 2012 at 7:02 pm
@Derrick
You are stupid, HELLO look at my name, it’s a black name you big dummy. LOL. All the cursing and disrespect going isn’t going to change anything. Like @Flannery said black males like you is why y’all end up in jail or dead. GOD bless you my son, and in that order LOL!!! You r the weakest link………..
tawanda
August 16, 2012 at 6:24 pm
this is messed up. i wish someone wouldve shot that evil officer while he was on the ground instead of letting him kill that girl’s daddy like that.
Whud Dafuquewesay
August 16, 2012 at 6:05 am
I think my first reaction would have been to get the child to a hospital.
Michael Flannery
August 15, 2012 at 6:36 pm
I see Derrick is still posting his calm, considered, helpful and unbiased comments. Such reactions are exactly why the police are so quick to use their weapons.
This series of events seems to have been a series of over-reactions, but unless one witnessed them, it is difficult to properly assess the rights and wrongs.
The one TRULY disgusting aspect of the report is this “Pat Camden, a spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police, says that the officer was not at fault and the girl’s father NEEDED TO BE SHOT that night”.
NEEDED TO BE SHOT. What kind of comment is that? Needed to be calmed down? yes. Needed to be restrained? yes. Needed to have reacted less violently? yes. But is there not something wrong with police procedure when a father, shocked by seeing his little daughter having been hit by a motor bike, NEEDS TO BE SHOT??!!!
Derrick
August 16, 2012 at 10:03 am
@Flannery: “I see Derrick is still posting his calm, considered, helpful and unbiased comments. Such reactions are exactly why the police are so quick to use their weapons.”
——————————————
You dumb jackass; these cracker killer pigs have been killing Black people since this thug organization became legal.
That is one dumb a*s statement. These godddamn pigs don’t give a d**n about YOU or any other negroid, who tries to defend them for their racist, KILLER acts toward Black people, espeically men.
These faggets don’t hesitate to use their weapons on UNARMED Black people…PERIOD! When are you slaves gonna come out of your enslavement?
DO YOU SEE THESE CAUCASOID BASTARDS SHOOTING DOWN CRACKERS LIKE THEY DO US? Even when their own kind have weapons; THEY STILL DON’T SHOOT THEM DOWN!!!!!
You weak a*s negroids are the reason these punk a*s pigs are murdering you negroids. A silent voice is just like a dead body…WORTHLESS!!! I’m gonna speak Truth until the day I die!!!
GET OUTTA HERE, YOU WEAK a*s negroid or caucasoid, or whatever you are!!!
sherrie chapman
August 15, 2012 at 7:58 am
I truly think the OFFICEr was at fault. If he was being attacked, he could have easily just fired a warning shot; NOT a shot that killed someone.Aren’t officers trained to restrain themselves? Why did he have to solve this with his gun? Camden is a bold faced LIAR! #1 for making that statement and #2 because he knows that did NOT go down like he said. How can police officers get away with murder in the name of law. They are suppose to PROTECT US! NOT MURDER US! Police lie, lie lie. How can they be trusted?????????????
Fernando
August 15, 2012 at 1:47 am
This is truly sad… The father needed to show more restraint…First of all why is a 4 yr old in the street, there is no excuse for that, and how can the deceased father be upset to the point of jumping a man that just dump his bike for his kid… This is a sad example of misplaced ans mishandled anger.
Fernando
August 15, 2012 at 1:53 am
Correction to my previous post I had not noticed the child was with an adult therefore validating being in the street however the violence still should have been avoided
Ernesto
August 15, 2012 at 12:13 am
To me the events that initiated this long chain of unfortunate events still remains unclear especially, the one the regarding the little girl been hit by the bike. How is it that the little girl managed to get hit by the runaway bike after the police officer statement indicating that he dumped the bike to avoid hitting her?
Bella
August 14, 2012 at 9:50 pm
African Americans lives(especially black males) have no value to these racist police officers and other bigots. Killing a black person is just another day on the job for these cowards.
jonboy
August 14, 2012 at 8:59 pm
black , white , purple…come on. no selfcontrol by either party. you get into a fight…you may get killed. gun or knife or pipe or fist. i think our police force should be held to a higher standard but equal oppurtunity laws fixed that. ironic.
AFBD
August 14, 2012 at 7:48 pm
The father’s reaction is understandable but the other man that hit the officer from behind should have been trying to calm the father down instead. He should have realized that the father was having a natural reaction to seeing his child hurt. It should not have mattered whether the man was the police or not. He could have saved his friend’s life and the family a lot of grief. So sad.
keneshabolton@yahoo.com
August 14, 2012 at 7:16 pm
How do y’all know the police didn’t identify himself, he probably. Another black guy go out and tried to act all hard, he should have been watching his own kid. Black guys have no respect for the law but why should they when they don’t have respect for themselves. I am black and I work for the law enforcement so I see what goes on, so nobody on here can tell me other wise. The father should have been focus on helping his daughter instead of worrying about the police office hitting her by accident. s**t happen, get them some help and move on. And in that order
Robert
August 14, 2012 at 11:56 pm
This was a most horrible situation. To bad a dead man cannot defend himself.
Derrick
August 15, 2012 at 7:03 am
@keneshabolton:
You ain’t Black! Y’all serpents trollers and planters come on these Black sites to promote your NIGorance and stupidity!!
WITNESSES said the killer pig DIDN’T IDENTIFY HIMSELF, you big dumb a*s honkey!!! DO YOU READ, b***h? I keep telling these negroids, you crackers are some dumb son-of-a-b*****s!!!
If I would’ve been that father, I would’ve done the same d**n thang! FVCK THESE g*****n PIGS! All these stupid a*s yankees, who are talking about the daughter being in the street, my question is…don’t you walk across the streets? The girl was with an 18 year old WALKING ACROSS THE d**n STREET. What more evidence do y’all crackers need?
A father is suppose to PROTECT his children! He wasn’t afraid to die, like a lot of these chicken-hearted negroids!!! That’s why these crazy cracker cops continue to kill you negroids! I AIN’T SCARED TO DIE FOR MY FAMILY!
These planters and trolls got you negroids fvcked up with their racist comments, and y’all negroids agree with them because y’all some slave a*s negroids.
BACK IN THE DAY; WE HAD A SLOGAN WHICH READ: “KILL THE PIGS”
Death and violence is all these killer pigs OVERstand, and it’s time to fight FIRE with FIRE…bullets with bullets, and DEATH with DEATH!
CHECKMATE!
corbin56
August 14, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Bottom line – 1 black man is dead and 1 cop continues to inhale and exhale (with pay).
damu
August 14, 2012 at 6:41 pm
How can anyone say the father was wrong. If it wasnt a cop and he had a gun and kill the man, would that be ok too? People who never had things happen to them like that would say the father was wrong. A father is a father first. The cop should have sayd it from the beginning and showd his badge. Its just sad how we quick to throw a black man under the bus. What if it was a white man that got killd by a black cop,what would be sayd?
Renee
August 14, 2012 at 6:38 pm
The officer never identified himself. So the version Camden is giving is a lie. There were too many witnesses who have already stated the officer said nothing. He only shot afterwards. Why is it okay for people to devalue the life of African Americans and blame the decease for doing what most fathers would have done in that situation? Have you ever noticed when a white person protects their family or fight against the police, it is always noble or rightfully resisting power? Have you ever noticed they become irate when a white person is at the receiving end of a police led murder or assault but seemingly callous towards the same situation when the victim is black? Make no mistake the officer would have likely identified himself if the father was white. I’m not saying he wouldn’t have shot him, but he wouldn’t be so d**n quick to kill him. But seeing a black person in the midst of an attack can cause that happy finger to pull the trigger. It seems no matter what, a decease African American is always at fault and whites love to point out the fact that black life doesn’t matter. It’s in the way they say it in press releases, news conferences, interviews, or what have you. h**l, you can be walking back from a convenience store and some a*****e follows you, then attacks you and when you resist their attack they shoot you … and yet it is still your fault for defending yourself against their attack. I have always noticed this narrative as a teenager into my adult life. I guess this s**t will stop when blacks say f**k the justice system and start killing officers who kill blacks. Start sending a message. You shoot us and we will kill you. Enough said.
Moptop
August 14, 2012 at 11:48 pm
To: Renee
I agree with everything you have stated. If a cop hurts my child I will be as mad as h**l and if I find he or she did it under criminal action their a*s would me mine
Samantha
August 14, 2012 at 6:25 pm
Stop trying to make more out of this than it was. He hurt himself to avoid hitting a child that should have been better supervised. He then identify himself as a cop and this ignorant person decides hew was going to assault him. The copy had every right to protect himself. @Poor David the protector should have been watching his kid and keeping her out of the street.
Renee
August 14, 2012 at 6:42 pm
So easy to believe a bullshit version from a highly corrupt police department than the witnesses who were ACTUALLY there to see this tragic event unfold. The a*****e never identified himself as a cop. Second, the little girl was walking with her 18 YEAR OLD COUSIN across the street when this b*****d came down the street on his motorcycle. They were not jaywalking or purposefully running across the street thinking, “Lets see if we can get into a collision with the guy on the motorcycle. Maybe someone can die today.” I swear you people make me so sick with this sick a*s blame the dead victim mentality.
Derrick
August 16, 2012 at 11:10 am
@samanthe:
This pig KILLED an innocent child and an innocent Black man!
He PURPOSEFULLY skidded his bike in her direction; while she was walking across the street LEGALLY, with an adult!
The nasty, filthy pig NEVER I.D’d himself, until AFTER, he killed the innocent Black man!
You need to be poked in the eye with a rusty ice pick!
BLACKS MUST START TO REALIZE YOU caucasoids ARE SOME HEARTLESS, SOULLESS, ENVIOUS m***a/FUKAS!!! You have a spirit, but it is an evil spirit, a wicked spirit, a devilish and satanic spirit; that is of the deman/devil god, y’all call ‘jesus’ (zeus)!
This was a BEAUTIFUL angel, that this pig murdered and killed!!!
YOUR god IS A MYTH, NOT REAL,FAKE, AND PHONY… JUST LIKE Y-O-U!!!!
THE BLACK MESSIAH LIVES!
Poor David
August 14, 2012 at 12:16 pm
The police should stick with a formula that works: shoot Black men and walk away.
When the Police begin to shoot Black women the way they shoot Black Men, this is what will happen(accident or not).
Black women are not going to go out and shoot officals that kill their sons. It seems that Black men will not either.
But, enter killing Black women and girls and the Black man as Protector shows up on the scene.
The mystery is how to get this Protector to stay by his family’s side and endure and come out on the other side- Together.
Brian
August 14, 2012 at 11:20 am
What did the man being a police officer have to do with this? What it would have been ok to beat the man because he wasn’t a police officer. Lesson to learn is you take your life in your on hands when you fight!
BigWill
August 15, 2012 at 12:11 am
If this father had followed the new rule; How To Confront a Pig “Shoot First- Everything else Second” he would still be alive today.
Derrick
August 16, 2012 at 6:28 am
DIE FOR YOUR CHILDREN
”My willingness to die for my children makes me a parent. My willingness to die for ‘your’ children makes me a warrior.” -Brother Amin
DO UNTO OTHERS; BEFORE THEY DO UNTO YOU, AND YOUR FAMILY’ -The Black Golden Rule
others = crazy crackers
OVERstand Me?