Off Duty Cop Fatally Shooting Man During Argument Over Parking Space Vallejo, California

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   ✅UPDATE: Richmond officer Virgil Thomas who killed Eric Reason dies of COVID-19

   Richmond Police Officer Sgt. Virgil Thomas, the off-duty officer who shot and killed 38-year-old Eric Reason in November, died Wednesday night of COVID-19.

   Thomas was 52.

   The Richmond Police Department released a statement Thursday, describing, Thomas, a 24-year-veteran with the RPD, as “a youth mentor and dedicated public servant.”

   “He was dedicated to public service – as President of the Guardians of Justice (a community charitable organization to ensure the fair treatment of African American officers), he led various neighborhood events and giveaways to enrich the lives of those in the Richmond community,” the statement said.

   Thomas also once held the position of Richmond Police Officers Association President.

   On Nov. 10 at around 5:30 p.m., Thomas and Reason got into a confrontation in the J.J’s Fish & Chicken in parking lot in Vallejo. The argument escalated into gunshots and Reason died.

   The City of Vallejo rejected a legal claim filed by the Reason family, who retained civil rights attorney John Burris following the shooting. The claim, filed through Burrs’ firm, questioned why Thomas wasn’t sequestered immediately following the shooting.

   Though Vallejo Mayor Bob Sampayan said Thursday night that he couldn’t comment on any related lawsuits, he said he knew Thomas well “and I always found him to be an upstanding individual. He had a lot of credibility and, above that, was just a nice guy.”

2. This is what this culture does. They have a brain that thinks I’m John Wayne and I’ll shoot you if you don’t back off and bow down to me.

3. In most jurisdictions, when a deadly threat runs away that far that fast, they are no longer considered a threat and the use of deadly force is no longer considered necessary to defend yourself. If a citizen kept shooting like that when a suspect was running away and no longer considered a threat, they would be charged with murder.

4. I would normally favour the police officer, but in this case he's the murderer.

5. Definition of situational awareness AND knowing when it was his turn to draw his gun. Bravo to the off duty officer

6. What a joke. He had his back to the officer the whole time and was even running away. This was unjustified. The dead guy showed a gun (which was crazy dumb ofc), but never went to aim it at the officer. Officers aren’t allowed to shoot at people running away like this!

7. dont really agree with this. cop shoots straight into mini van (kids) with multiple cars and people as a back stop. then cop is taking long shots into houses and traffic as back stops while they guy is running away. i dont think was justified. legally maybe, but not morally. i think ego was driving this cops actions at the point the small man pulled his gun on him. how racist would this have been if the cop was white? jks)

8. Totally justified. No question. Was this on the MSM?

9. Black cop shot black men no protest. White cop shot black men. US riots and media covers it

10. "All this cheese is gonna make me cry"
    Beastie Boys

11. Dude should have sang some beach some where

12. idiot thought he could intimidate someone, probably worked his whole life.

13. This officer died of Covid shortly after this happened. 😞

14. wow,never seen cheddar turn into swiss cheese!

15. Tried to intimidate using a gun, and failed

16. Yo that's my spot. Can't you see I got a white woman and a Benz

17. What an idiot. Being shot at, but slows down to point his gun at a fleeing pedestrian, at which point he takes the fatal round.

18. Won’t do that again will he?!

19. There was severe lack of REASON, tbh.

20. Looks like Cheddaman made some crunchy cheetos in his pants.

21. Update anyone please lol don’t leave me hangin bra!!!!

22. No loss here …

23. I hate when people park like that. And who the hell keeps a firearm under the hood of a car? What an idiot.

24. Self correcting error

25. Cheddaman ran out of luck when he pulled on the wrong guy.

26. I'm against guns, violence and death penalty, but if a lunatic gets a gun, which shouldn't under proper background and mental health check, then all restrictions should be lifted, fuk the bullies. The Officer was justified

27. If cheddaman wanted that spot so bad why was he parked at a pump he had more then enough time to take it.

28. And what would happen if a child sat on perpetraitor's car back seat?

29. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

30. Now ur dead ok over a parking spot! Gotta b a final game thought thru ur mind. Shame, u pull a gun as a bluff, officer wasn't bluffing….

31. probably in a bad mood after learning how much it was going to cost him to get his moped fixed

32. Imagine wasting your life over a parking spot. The world is a strange place.

    Bravo to the officer. No one wants to be in that situation.

33. Why does “cheddaman” look like DaBaby in that thumbnail photo

34. First ofall give him a ticket for Failure to signal a turn. 5:50 min my favorite part

35. Ah, the extremely tactical radiator carry.

36. next

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