Rep. Jasmine Crockett
Safety Guard Shot Lifeless in Standoff With SWAT
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Jasmine Crockett‘s safety guard, who was shot and killed by a SWAT staff in Texas, was captured on video in a police standoff moments earlier than his dying.
The Dallas Police Division held a press convention Monday and launched dashcam footage exhibiting what led as much as Diamon-Mazairre Robinson‘s deadly encounter with regulation enforcement on March 11. Robinson had been working safety for Crockett since 2023, when she started her first time period in Congress as a Texas consultant.
Within the footage, cops say, Robinson was driving a automotive with stolen plates main Dallas PD officers on a chase, which ended inside a hospital parking storage. As you possibly can see, Robinson is surrounded by officers who order him out of his automobile, telling him to drop his gun.
Robinson slowly emerges from the passenger aspect of his automotive along with his arms up, and smoke begins emanating from the automotive’s inside … then he reaches for one thing round his waist. One cop screams, “Don’t reach! Don’t do it! Don’t do it!” The video then freezes earlier than Robinson is shot to dying by police.
Cops stated Robinson had a number of felony warrants in addition to a parole violation warrant for impersonating a police officer and for possessing stolen license plates. Robinson additionally glided by a number of aliases, together with “Mike King.”
Crockett issued a press release Monday, saying her staff adopted all protocols outlined by the Home of Representatives to contract further safety. She stated Robinson had been accepted for hiring, however she knew him as Mike King.
She additionally stated she’s alarmed Robinson was in a position to circumvent the congressional hiring system and referred to as on the U.S. Capitol Police to start out defending members of Congress.
