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Cop opens the porta-potty door, he immediately shoots an unarmed man with his hands up.


This week, a harrowing video of an unarmed man being executed while seated inside a portable toilet was published. Daverion Deauntre Kinard was assassinated on Feb 13 — the day before his 29th birthday — by Fontana officer Johnny Tutiavake. The fact that the city offered a million-dollar settlement for Kinard's death prior to the family filing a complaint demonstrates the shooting's gravity. However, after seeing the body camera video and learning that Kinard spent his last minutes alive with his hands up and surrendering to police prior to his execution, $1 million falls well short of the damages his family should seek.

According to authorities, they were on the lookout that night for a burglar. According to investigators, a guy wearing a black hoodie was seen trying to enter an empty house. When officers got on the scene, they discovered an open window and a guy inside wearing a black sweatshirt.

“Hey! Hey! “Do not move,” an officer commands as he approaches the guy in a corridor. Kinard, the guy, then flees. According to authorities, he was pursued around the area as he climbed three walls, raced through backyards, and finally sought shelter in a neighboring porta-potty. Officer Tutiavake joined the search and discovered Kinard in a portable toilet about 1,000 feet from the house he had just entered, according to Fontana police chief Billy Green. Tutiavake opens the door, and Kinard's body language indicates he is aware he has been apprehended and is prepared to surrender. Nonetheless, this terrified cop shut the door to get his gun before reopening it.



When Tutiavake opened the door for the second time, Kinard completely submitted, raising both hands with his palms out to demonstrate his unarmed status to Tutiavake. Despite the officer seeing both of Kinard's hands, the officer fired. The whole execution took less than three seconds. Chief Green subsequently claimed that Kinard was carrying a "metallic item" when, in fact, he was holding a plastic lighter. However, this information was revealed after the department's release of body camera video.

The government has failed to even accept Tutiavake's allegation that she saw Kinard's lighter in his hand. After the officer fires a single fatal shot, the police edited the footage to show Kinard holding an extremely grainy and fuzzy still picture of what seems to be the lighter. They evidently did not take the time to obtain a clear still picture. PBWW website, on the other hand, did. Kinard was clearly surrendered in our still picture capture. His thumbs have separated from his fingers, and he is holding his hands in the air. However, was not given time to comply with any instructions, and no orders were issued prior to Tutiavake's assassination.

Chief Green said last week that both his agency and the San Bernardino District Attorney's office are still investigating the incident. According to the Sun, a spokesperson for the District Attorney's Office, Jacquelyn Rodriguez, said that her office has not received Fontana's investigative report. District Attorney Jason Anderson will decide if the shooting occurred in violation of criminal law, while Fontana's internal inquiry will establish whether the incident occurred in violation of department policy.

Tutiavake, the assassin, is not on leave and is on active service.



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