“Donovan Lewis lost his life,” Bryant said. It’s not like Bryant came right on out and said that Lewis’ failure to acknowledge the cops’ announcement justified the use of deadly force against a citizen armed with nothing but a vape pen, but it sure does sound like she was setting up a defense. Bryant went on to note that “once the K9 officer arrived on the scene, additional announcements were made for anyone else inside to come out or the K9 was going to be released inside of the apartment.” “The officers knocked on the door for several minutes…acknowledging themselves as Columbus Police officers,” Bryant said during a news conference, according to CNN. Of course, Bryant had a different take which seemed to revolve around a single point -the police announced themselves. So, basically, Lewis is dead because a trained police officer couldn’t tell the difference between two objects that look nothing alike and because so many trigger-happy cops believe that even the most remote and minuscule chance that their safety might be in danger justifies deadly force. “There was, like, a vape pen that was found on the bed right next to him,” Bryant said.
In a frame-by-frame breakdown of the video, police chief Elaine Bryant said that Anderson fired the gun when Lewis appeared to raise his hand while holding onto something. Anderson held the dog back before opening the door and then immediately fired his gun into the bedroom as Lewis sat up in bed. The officers then released a police dog which trotted around into the kitchen then barked at a bedroom door. Upon entering the apartment, officers found another man and detained them both. I n the body cam footage aired by NBC4, police officers were shown knocking on an apartment door for 8-10min before being met by a man who opened the door. Here’s how things unfolded as reported by The Guardian: Donovan was being served an arrest warrant on charges of improperly handling a firearm, assault and domestic violence.
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