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Off Duty Rochester, NY Police officer Francisco Santiago Shoots Two Unarmed African-American Men Multiple Times after Fender Bender
Saturday, August 11, 2012 17:50
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By Davy V.
When is it ok to shoot two unarmed occupants of a vehicle who just got into a fender bender with you?
Injuring those two unarmed people with multiple bullet wounds to their torsos and lower extremities?
When you’re an off-duty Rochester, NY Police officer.
Here’s what happened.
On Friday August 10, 2012 around 11:30 pm, Rochester, NY Police officer Francisco Santiago, a 6 year veteran, had just finished his shift with the RPD’s eastside platoon, when he was heading home.
According to Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard, who held a news conference Saturday morning at the Public Safety building, officer Santiago was rear ended by another vehicle on Joseph Avenue.
Chief Sheppard said officer Santiago then “had a conversation” with the occupants of the car that rear ended him, “expressing” to them that he would like to contact Rochester Police so they could come and take an accident report.
At that point, according to Sheppard, the driver of the car failed to comply with officer Santiago’s request and drove away, before stopping their vehicle a short distance ahead, on Pardee St., at which point RPD officer Santiago once again “had a conversation” with the men, saying that he wanted police to respond and take a report.
Once again, Chief Sheppard said, they drove off.
Rochester, NY police Chief James Sheppard said officer Santiago, who again was off duty, followed the car as they circled the block and ended up back on Pardee St.
It was then, according to Sheppard, that officer Santiago called 911.
At the news conference, Sheppard told Rochester media that while officer Santiago was on the phone with 911, the two men he had been following, approached his car.
“The occupants of the vehicle exited and at that point he (Santiago) was assaulted. During the course of that assault he (Santiago) defended himself by firing his personally owned firearm multiple times,” Chief Sheppard said.
“The suspects fled the area. Other responding officers were able to contact and apprehend the individuals on Farbridge St. My understanding is as a result of the multiple shots that were fired, one individual had upper torso wounds and lower extremity wounds, and one had a an upper torso wound that we understand are not life threatening”, the Chief added.
The two men, both in their early 20′s, and both African-American, have not been charged yet, but Chief Sheppard said, “We anticipate that they will be charged with the assault and as I said the investigation does continue, and there may be additional charges that may come from our investigation.”
Chief Sheppard said that the Rochester, NY Police department is working with the Monroe County District Attorney’s office at this point in time, and that his department is conducting an internal investigation, as well as a criminal investigation that will be presented to a Grand Jury.
However, Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard called the shooting “justified”, and said that officer Francisco Santiago was “defending himself.”
When asked if it is usual for officers to carry a secondary weapon, besides the department issued weapon, the Chief answered, “Oh yes, most definitely. A lot of officers depend just on the RPD issued weapon but several officers have multiple weapons that they chose to have, based on the fact that they can have them.”
Ok.
That was Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard’s PR spin on the incident.
I don’t believe any of it.
Here’s why.
First of all, there are so many things that just don’t seem right here.
For example, Rochester, NY Police officer Francisco Santiago, has been on the force 6 years.
He is a seasoned veteran of the department.
Therefore, RPD Chief James Sheppard’s “story” that officer Santiago had several “conversations” with the occupants of the vehicle which had allegedly just rear ended him, before calling 911 just doesn’t make any sense.
And by the way, what’s up with all these “conversations” where RPD officer Santiago, according to Sheppard, “expresses” to the occupants of the vehicle that just rear ended him, that he (Santiago) would like to call the Rochester Police department to come take a report on the accident?
Why didn’t officer Santiago just call 911 then?
Was he asking for the individual’s permission to call 911?
As a veteran police officer, Santiago would not have any need to have any “conversations” with a driver and a passenger who supposedly had just rear ended him.
Officer Santiago, again a 6 year veteran of the Rochester, NY Police department would have no need to “express” his desire to want to call 911.
Just call!
But despite having just been rear ended, and then having the vehicle drive off, officer Santiago doesn’t call 911.
According to Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard, Santiago had a “conversation” with the occupants after he was “rear ended”, then, after the driver drives off, RPD officer Francisco Santiago still doesn’t call calling 911?
Instead, officer Santiago again exits his vehicle and again has yet another “conversation” with the individuals?
The same individuals who minutes earlier rear ended his vehicle?
The same individuals who “drove off” after Santiago had the first “conversation” with them?
Then, according to Sheppard, the individual once again “drives off?”
And RPD officer Francisco Santiago still doesn’t call 911?
Instead officer Santiago follows the vehicle all the way around the block back to where it had last stopped?
And still doesn’t call 911?
So let me get this straight:
Off duty Rochester, NY Police officer Francisco Santiago is rear ended by another vehicle, and, despite his law enforcement training and his 6 years of experience as a police officer, doesn’t call 911.
Instead, officer Santiago gets out of his vehicle and attempts to have a “conversation” with the occupants of the vehicle that just rear ended him.
Officer Santiago then “expresses” to the occupants of the vehicle, his desire to want to call 911.
But doesn’t call 911.
Then at that point, the driver of the vehicle that just rear ended him drives off.
And officer Santiago still doesn’t call 911.
Then, after the vehicle stops a few blocks up the street, officer Santiago still does not call 911.
Officer Santiago instead chooses to have yet another “conversation” with the occupants of the vehicle which not only rear ended him, but drove off just minutes earlier.
Yet Rochester, NY Police officer Francisco Santiago, a 6 year veteran police officer, still refuses to call 911.
Then, after the vehicle once again, for the second time, drives off, officer Santiago still does not call 911.
Instead he follows the vehicle around the block.
Then finally, officer Santiago calls 911.
Then, according to Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard, as officer Santiago is on the phone with 911, (who he should have called immediately after he was rear ended) the occupants of the vehicle exit the car and walk up to officer Santiago and “assault him.”
So, off duty Rochester, NY Police officer Francisco Santiago pulls out his personal firearm and shoots two unarmed African-American men several times?
Does Chief Sheppard think the community is stupid?
I don’t believe this “spin” that Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard is putting on this.
There’s alot more to this incident which Chief James Sheppard and his department are not saying.
Frankly, I find the whole thing very disturbing.
An off duty cop, in the inner city.
An off duty cop following and stalking two unarmed Black men.
An off duty cop using his personal firearm to shoot two unarmed Black men.
Reminds me of a young man named Trayvon Martin.
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Hell yeah. STAND YOUR GROUND AGAINST SAVAGE APE AFRICANS!
Blah, blah, blah; your version. Now let’s hear from the police officer what really happened.
Trayvon got what he had coming and this guy has done absolutely nothing wrong, other than offend you, a cop hater. Get a frigging life dirtbag.
This society will get what it has coming to them. I hope all of you racist morons burn in hell. If Jesus was “really” born in Bethlehem, then he was not ANGLO SAXON. Your racist rants will catch up to you, and when they do I hope you will be consider a “victim” Just remember “an eye for an eye” your racist thoughts, will be the reason you fall.
Unfortunately, there are ridiculous racist comments here. For those people, GROW UP. This has nothing to do with raciscm. It has to do with a cop being followed, beat up, and defending his life.