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By Jen Nicole | November 22, 2016

By, Jen Nicole
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When 31-year-old Otis Tyrone McKane was asked if he had anything to say to 50-year-old Detective Benjamin Marconi’s family after he fatally shot him Sunday afternoon, he responded with, “I’m sorry.”

“Marconi was pulling over a driver and went back to his car to write a ticket when McKane allegedly pulled up in a car behind him. He then reportedly shot Marconi in the head, and then a second time, before returning to his car and driving away.”- theroot.com

And as a Black man I know everyone thinks oh he shot the cop on purpose because he hates cops, he is probably with Black Lives Matter and all these other assumptions but McKane actually had a VERY different explanation for why he chose to shoot Detective Benjamin Marconi that day.

When police asked McKane on Monday why he was upset, McKane said, “Society not allowing me to see my son. I lashed out at somebody who didn’t deserve it. I’ve been through several custody battles, and I was upset at the situation I was in.”
So that wasn’t the answer most people expected lol but you know Black people are human and we go through personal problems. Not everything we do is because of the hate we have for others (cough cough).
Of course even after the answer he gave above, the cops still think he specifically targeted the cop though because most Black men have issues with the cops (eye roll).
“Based on the actions of this individual prior to the shooting, we have a fairly good video documentation of what he was doing,” said San Antonio Police Chief William McManus. “I am still convinced that he was targeting blue—targeting a San Antonio Police Department officer, no matter who it was. It was any officer he came across.”
So basically because he probably had pro-black posts on his social media, from the standpoint of the cops he purposely chose to shoot and kill a cop. Isn’t that what they are saying, without actually saying it?
McKane was arrested by a SWAT team on Interstate 10 on Monday while riding with a woman and a 2-year-old child.
Source: theroot.com

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