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The headline should have been: "Security Guard Apprehends Shooter and Saves Lives." Instead, it's another case of police shooting and killing an innocent black man.
Eyewitnesses say that at Manny's Blue Room Bar in Robbins, Ill., Security told a group of intoxicated men they had to leave. One of the men returned, and they were exchanged between them and armed security guards.
One of the guards, Jemel Roberson, 26, managed to restrain one of the gunmen.
From WGN9:
"He had somebody on the ground with his knee back in his back," do not move, "" Adam Harris said.
Two police officers arrived at the scene, one of them immediately shot.
"Everybody was screaming out," he was a security guard, "and they said," Harris said to WGN. He was just doing his job and had managed to do so without using fatal force.
I keep trying to wrap my head around the police officer's decision here. Did he think it was a hostage situation? Still does not make sense. Did he say anything before shooting Roberson? Probably not, and still would not make it OK. This man had ostensibly saved lives, and the police had a kneejerk reaction.
From WLS-TV:
Those who knew how to be a man of God who shared his musical talents at several churches around the city, last rehearsing at this South Shore church on Thursday.
"He said, 'Ma and pops, I'll see you all on Sunday and I jokingly said,' You're better off on your time for morning worship. He said, 'I'll be there pops. I'll see you then, '"Turner said.
Friends and family say Roberson had plans to become a police officer. Maybe he could have taught them something about resolving a situation without resorting to lethal force. We'll never know now.
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